ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,863, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio).
"Systems and methods for battery performance monitoring" was invented by Jayant Vitthal Sarlashkar (San Antonio), Venkata Rajesh Chundru (San Antonio) and Bapiraju Surampudi (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Battery testing and monitoring by determining battery characteristics such as an increase thickness of the battery SEI layer, extent of lithium-ion plating, loss of cyclable lithium, dendrite growth (and extent), and/or other characteristics that may impact the performance and/or safety of a lithium-ion battery. The battery characteristi...