ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,525, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).
"Control apparatus and control method" was invented by Go Tanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a control apparatus that includes a detection unit that detects an impact on a secondary battery or a covering portion to which the secondary battery is fixed, and a control unit that controls a setting related to at least one of charging and discharging of the secondary battery based on one or more of a strength of the detected impact, a direction of the impact, and the number of times of the impact."
The patent was filed on April 16, 2020, under Applica...