ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,861, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for measuring battery voltage and control method thereof" was invented by Joon Ho Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Seul Ki Rom Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for measuring voltage in a battery including battery cells connected in series includes a positive voltage sensing circuit to detect each voltage of the battery cells, received through sensing terminals, within a positive voltage range, a reverse voltage protection circuit including protection circuits, the printed circuits including first ends ...