ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,028, issued on May 13, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Battery system and control method" was invented by Kimihiko Furukawa (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system includes: a charging apparatus; a plurality of battery modules to connectable in parallel with the charging apparatus; and a controller, in which each of the plurality of battery modules has a battery, and the controller obtains, when a charging command is received, a voltage value of the battery of each of the plurality of battery modules, identifies a first battery having a lowest voltage value and a second battery ...