ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,532, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Power storage system, control apparatus for power storage apparatus, and control method for controlling switches connected to the power storage apparatus" was invented by Takanobu Nishigai (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage system includes a plurality of power storage apparatuses and a control apparatus. The plurality of power storage apparatuses are connected in parallel to each other via respective switches. The control apparatus controls the switches, based on respective voltage values of the plurality of power storage apparatuses an...