US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics on Sept. 9 for "Method of operating battery management systems, corresponding device and vehicle" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,185, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Method of operating battery management systems, corresponding device and vehicle" was invented by Orazio Pennisi (Pieve Emanuele, Italy), Valerio Bendotti (Vilminore di Scalve, Italy), Vittorio D'Angelo (Nocera Superiore, Italy) and Paolo Turbanti (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can be used to control a battery management system. A first voltage drop is sensed between a first terminal of a first battery cell and a second terminal of the first battery cell and a second voltage drop is sensed between a first terminal of a second ...