ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,197, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device, control method, and non- transitory storage medium" was invented by Takaya Koshii (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroki Onoyama (Anjo, Japan), Toshiki Shinohara (Toyota, Japan) and Kohei Takahashi (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device that controls a battery includes one or more processors configured to: acquire a physical quantity of the battery; detect a predetermined signal; control a relay based on the physical quantity of the battery, the relay being connected between the battery and a predetermined device to which power is sup...