ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,689, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery management system, battery management method, battery pack and electric vehicle" was invented by A-Ming Cha (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon-Jung Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee-Seok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system includes a voltage sensor to generate a voltage signal indicating a voltage of a battery, a current sensor to generate a current signal indicating a current flowing through the battery, and a control unit to record a voltage history and a current history of the battery based on...