ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,869, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
"Equipment management via mesh network" was invented by Todd Johnson (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Mark Noller (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a housing, rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells, a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a data terminal, a battery management system, and an Internet of Things (IoT) module. The data terminal includes at least one data pin that is configured to receive operational information from a piece of equipment coupled with the battery pack. The IoT module is in communication with the data ter...