ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,170, issued on July 15, was assigned to JT International S.A. (Switzerland).
"Charger with battery state of health estimation" was invented by Claude Zominy (Copponex, France) and Pascal Bornel (Annemasse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for charging a rechargeable battery of a device, such as an electronic cigarette, involves acquiring historical data relating to the rechargeable battery from a memory unit in the device, wherein the historical data relate to at least one previous charging operation. The method involves measuring one or more parameters related to the charging of the rechargeable battery during a chargi...