ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,219, issued on June 24, was assigned to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Minimizing over the air data transmission for wireless battery monitoring systems" was invented by Scott Winder (Novi, Mich.) and Victor Zhodzishsky (Potomac, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing wireless data traffic in a battery management system. A wireless battery management system includes peripheral devices (PDs), each coupled to a battery module having associated battery cells and is operable to receive battery measurements from such associated cells. The system also includes a central device ...