ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,794, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"In-vehicle battery management device" was invented by Noriharu Kobayashi (Kakogawa, Japan), Kimihiko Furukawa (Kakogawa, Japan), Masaki Yugou (Kakogawa, Japan), Shinya Inui (Kakogawa, Japan), Kohki Nakamura (Okazaki, Japan) and Keiichi Ito (Kasai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle battery management device includes a controller configured or programmed to control a charge/discharge device such that the charge/discharge device performs charge or discharge on an in-vehicle battery of an electric vehicle in a predetermined processing co...