US Patent Issued to ECO STOR AS on June 17 for "System and method for reusing an electric vehicle battery" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,521, issued on June 17, was assigned to ECO STOR AS (Oslo, Norway).

"System and method for reusing an electric vehicle battery" was invented by Trygve Burchardt (Howell, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for enabling the reuse of a complete battery pack for electric vehicles (EV) is disclosed. The device allows reuse of a battery pack at a significantly lower cost than alternative methods that require the battery pack to be opened, batteries to be taken out and installed in a new pack with a new battery monitoring system (BMS), and undergoing certification as a new system. The disclosed device includes a controller having...