ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,877, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Battery hazard detection" was invented by Hideo Kondo (Oizumi-machi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, and integrated circuit are provided for monitoring a battery within a host device for abnormal conditions. A first temperature is determined for a battery at a first state-of-charge (SOC) of the battery during a charge action. A second temperature for the battery at a second SOC of the battery during the charge action is determined, and a current delta-SOC for the charge action is determined. A memory in the hos...