ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,589, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Diagnostic system for battery module and vehicle" was invented by Yuko Maruyama (Toyota, Japan) and Shohei Matsuoka (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic system for a battery module including a plurality of electric cells includes a displacement detector configured to detect a displacement of at least one of the electric cells during charging, and an electronic control unit configured to determine whether the battery module is a genuine product. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the battery module is the genui...