ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,925, issued on July 29, was assigned to Deltran Operations USA Inc. (DeLand, Fla.).

"Battery management system for batteries" was invented by Edward William Brumley Jr. (Port Orange, Fla.) and Peter James Shread (Celebration, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system for batteries, such as, but not limited to, electric vehicle battery packs and cells, lithium iron phosphate batteries, lead acid batteries, gel batteries, and absorbed gel mat batteries, in engine start applications is disclosed. The battery management system is configured to control the charge and charging of each cell individually. The battery ma...