US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 13 for "Diagnostic system for secondary battery, diagnostic method for secondary battery, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,690, issued on May 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Diagnostic system for secondary battery, diagnostic method for secondary battery, and vehicle" was invented by Shohei Matsuoka (Toyota Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic system for a secondary battery includes a ripple current circuit configured to apply a ripple current of a predetermined frequency to the secondary battery, a strain gauge configured to acquire strain of the secondary battery in association with the application of the ripple current of the predetermined frequency, and an electronic control unit configured ...