ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,720, issued on June 24, was assigned to Scania CV AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).

"Controlling a battery module comprising a plurality of switched battery cell units" was invented by Henrik Svard (Saltsjo-Boo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cell units, each one comprising: a battery cell having a first pole and a second pole, and a switch circuit, comprising a plurality of switches, and a switch controller arranged to control the switches of the switch circuit to enter either of a first state, in which the battery cell is connected in parallel with a neighboring battery cell, and a s...