ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,746, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KG (Hannover, Germany) and Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Method and system for predicting engine-start performance of an electrical energy storage system" was invented by Sepehr Shirazi (Hannover, Germany) and Markus Hoh (Wunstorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for predicting an engine-start performance of an electrical energy storage system, in particular a motor vehicle starter battery. The method comprises the following method steps: generating engine-start data which are characteristic of the elect...