US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 3 for "Battery management system and battery management method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,987, issued on June 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery management system and battery management method" was invented by Junta Izumi (Nagoya, Japan), Kenji Kimura (Nagoya, Japan), Masakazu Habu (Toyota, Japan), Masanosuke Sufu (Toyota, Japan) and Makito Muramatsu (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cellar includes: battery groups each including a plurality of batteries; a power converter (AC/DC converter and DC/DC converter) electrically connected between the plurality of batteries and an electric power system; and a server that controls operation of the power converter in accordance wi...