ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,478, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYO SYSTEM Co. LTD. (Fukushima, Japan).

"Battery charge/discharge testing device and battery discharge power control method" was invented by Yutaka Tomizawa (Fukushima, Japan) and Hideki Shoji (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The battery charge/discharge testing device includes a sub-charge/discharge unit connected to a main charge/discharge unit through bus lines, wherein when an output voltage of a built-in battery in the sub-charge/discharge unit is in a voltage range capable of supplying power, sub-power supply control is executed to supply discharge power of a built-in bat...