ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,083, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Boost converter control device and control method of boost converter control device" was invented by Taiki Nakano (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The boost converter control device includes a plurality of boost converters connected in parallel to each other with respect to the secondary batteries, and an ECU (control unit) that controls each of the plurality of boost converters. When warm-up of the secondary battery is required, ECU performs a first control for adjusting the phases of the plurality of boost converters to be in phase with each ot...