ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,411, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Cirrus Logic Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Online characterization of battery model parameters with augmented dynamic stimulus" was invented by Samuel P. Ebenezer (Gilbert, Ariz.), Emmanuel A. Marchais (Austin, Texas), Eric J. King (Austin, Texas) and John L. Melanson (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for intelligently generating a stimulus for use in characterization of parameters of a model of a battery may include dynamically analyzing a current drawn from the battery by a load, based on analysis of the current, determining an augmented current for augmenting the current drawn ...