ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,513, issued on June 17, was assigned to Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, Ill.).
"Battery maintenance device with high voltage connector" was invented by Kevin I. Bertness (Batavia, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery maintenance system for use in performing battery maintenance on a battery of an electric vehicle including a battery maintenance device and a high voltage connector configured to connect the battery maintenance device to the battery of the electric vehicle. When a fuse door is removed from a fuse block of the connector, a mechanical component in a first position blocks a keying post and prevents a first connector ...