ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,216, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Globe (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Battery charging circuit, battery pack and battery pack charging system" was invented by Baoan Li (Changzhou, China), Xian Zhuang (Changzhou, China), Chuanjun Liu (Changzhou, China) and Ming Luo (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a battery charging circuit, a battery pack and a battery pack charging system. The battery charging circuit includes a first control switch, a switch control unit and a power supply unit. The first control switch is arranged between the charging positive terminal and the positive electr...