ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,160, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).
"Battery management device, and electric power system" was invented by Emha Bayu Miftahullatif (Tokyo), Toru Kouno (Tokyo), Hiroya Fujimoto (Tokyo), Yutaka Ueda (Tokyo) and Katsutoshi Kondo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of estimating a battery condition in conjunction with charging/discharging operations of a battery, without employing dedicated equipment for estimating the condition of the battery. A battery management device according to the present invention identifies a first per...