US Patent Issued to PB on Oct. 21 for "Battery beacon systems and methods of use" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,638, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PB Inc. (Issaquah, Wash.).

"Battery beacon systems and methods of use" was invented by Daniel J Daoura (Renton, Wash.) and Nicholas R Pearson-Franks (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a battery radio jacket with flexible printed circuit operably mountable on an external surface of a standard battery, typically with a conductive adhesive backing, the jacket having end tabs for electrically connecting with the anode and cathode of the battery. Powered in parallel with a battery-operated appliance or load ("host asset"), the radio jacket transmits a unique radio ide...