ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,081, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Modular battery system for power equipment" was invented by Adam B. Stroud (St. Paul, Minn.), Chris A. Wadzinski (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Reid M. Benjamin (Webster, Minn.) and Tyler E. Peterson (Roberts, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack is provided that includes battery cell magazines and a battery management system to control charging and discharging of the associated battery pack. The battery cell magazines may include a magazine housing and associated battery cells. The magazine housing may define a plurality of battery cell rece...