ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,688, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Iontra Inc (Centennial, Colo.).
"Systems and methods for controlled battery heating sourcing current to and from the battery and discharge signal conditioning from the same" was invented by John Richard Howlett III (Centennial, Colo.), Daniel A. Konopka (Denver), David Kessner (Denver) and William E. Check (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for heating a battery comprising a first switch operably coupled with a power supply. An inductive element, which may be a part of filter, is in operable communication with the first switch and a second switch. The system includes a processor in...