US Patent Issued to MIDTRONICS on June 3 for "Electrical load for electronic battery tester and electronic battery tester including such electrical load" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,857, issued on June 3, was assigned to MIDTRONICS INC. (Willowbrook, Ill.).

"Electrical load for electronic battery tester and electronic battery tester including such electrical load" was invented by Kevin I. Bertness (Batavia, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for testing a storage battery in an automotive vehicle includes a controllable electrical load configured to electrically couple to the storage battery of the vehicle. A current sensor is configured to electrically connect to a terminal of the battery and measure flow of current through the battery. A controller is arranged to apply an electrical load to the ba...