ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,531, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Battery management device and method" was invented by Hiromasa Tanaka (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management device that manages a battery includes: multiple voltage detection circuits each connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of battery cells; and multiple discharge circuits each connected to a corresponding one of the battery cells. The battery management device causes the battery cell whose voltage difference from a reference voltage is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold and less than a second...