ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,102, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Battery pack and electric vehicle" was invented by Makoto Baba (Kyoto, Japan) and Takao Okuyama (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery pack including a pair of output terminals, a control unit, and a plurality of battery units, where each of the plurality of battery units includes a plurality of battery blocks connected in series, a positive electrode terminal, and a negative electrode terminal, the battery block includes one battery or a plurality of batteries connected in parallel, a fuse is connected between at least ...