ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,981, issued on April 8, was assigned to Nextech Batteries Inc..
"Pulse current method of enhancing the functionality of a battery" was invented by Bill Burger (Carson City, Nev.) and Michael Schlicht (Carson City, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to enhance the functionality of a battery through the use of a pulsing apparatus. The pulsing apparatus configured to improve cell conditioning, maintain battery cells, and overall cell function through pulsing a selected current into and out of a battery. The pulsing selected to deliver a predetermined number of pulses to the battery. The pulses having a slew rate of at least 0....