ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,732, issued on July 29, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. (Shiga, Japan).

"Method, device, program, and recording medium for estimating internal temperature of secondary battery" was invented by Yoshitaka Watanabe (Tokyo) and Shinji Yokoyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for accurately estimating an internal temperature of a secondary battery with a charging rate SOC and a charge/discharge state taken into account are provided. A method may include a method of estimating an internal temperature (T) of a secondary battery for a vehicle, which include...