ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,928, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Schumacher Electric Corp. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Multifunctional battery booster" was invented by Patrick J. Clarke (St. Charles, Ill.), John S. Whiting (Hampshire, Ill.) and Brian F. Butler (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery booster for jumpstarting a vehicle having an external battery. The battery booster may include a processor, a set of terminal connectors, a power supply, and a power-management circuit. The set of terminal connectors may be configured to couple with the external battery or an engine that is electrically coupled with the external battery. The power supply ma...