ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,408, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Element Energy Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Battery modules for determining temperature and voltage characteristics of electrochemical cells, and associated methods" was invented by Seth Marshall Kahn (San Francisco), Arnaud Devie (Menlo Park, Calif.), Corrado Cammi (Mountain View, Calif.) and Nathan Thomas Brinkerhoff (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a temperature characteristic of an electrochemical cell assembly includes (1) sensing a first voltage via one or more thermistors electrically coupled to the electrochemical cell assembly while loading ci...