ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,262, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to FDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Battery pack" was invented by Yusuke Kusagaya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery pack that is charged by being connected to a charger and discharged by being connected to a load, the battery pack including: a charge-discharge terminal 1a including a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal, and a temperature terminal; a secondary battery that is charged and discharged through the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal; a current measurement unit that measures a charge-discharge current of the secondary battery...