ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,066, issued on April 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery diagnosis system, vehicle equipped with the same, and battery diagnosis method" was invented by Na Li (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery diagnosis system includes a sensor that measures a voltage of a secondary battery, and a processor configured to diagnose whether the secondary battery is a genuine product based on a voltage curve indicating a time change of a voltage measured by the sensor during a diagnosis target period. The diagnosis target period includes both a charging and discharging period and a charging and dischargi...