ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,712, issued on May 13, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Charging and discharging control device" was invented by Shinya Inui (Kakogawa, Japan), Masaki Yugou (Kakogawa, Japan), Kimihiko Furukawa (Kakogawa, Japan), Noriharu Kobayashi (Kakogawa, Japan), Kohki Nakamura (Okazaki, Japan) and Keiichi Ito (Kasai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging and discharging control device disclosed herein controls a charging and discharging device that charges and discharges an on-vehicle battery mounted on an electric vehicle. The charging and discharging control device includes a detection controller configu...