ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,671, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Battery management system integrated circuit" was invented by Alain Salles (Pechbusque, France), Patrice Besse (Tournefeuille, France), Olivier Tico (St Lys, France) and Thierry Dominique Yves Cassagnes (Tournefeuille, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system, BMS, integrated circuit, IC, (102) for a battery pack. The battery pack (101) comprises a sequence of battery cells connected in series; and a sequence of battery-cell-connection-nodes between adjacent battery cells. The BMS IC (102) comprises: a sequence of cell-measuring-pins (10...