ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,582, issued on July 15, was assigned to Iontra Inc (Centennial, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for harmonic-based battery charging" was invented by Daniel A. Konopka (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve charging or discharging an electrochemical device such as a battery. The system generates a waveform, such as a charge signal, to tune harmonic attributes of the waveform based on the impedance of the battery to a harmonic or harmonics of the waveform. The system may enhance (e.g., add or increase magnitude) or suppress (e.g., delete or reduce magnitude) harmonics of the waveform. Such a harmo...