ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,131, issued on April 1, was assigned to TWAICE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Munich).

"Characterisation of lithium plating in rechargeable batteries" was invented by Michael Baumann (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for characterizing a rechargeable battery (91-96) that is at risk of lithium plating comprises: receiving (1001) operating values (41) of the battery (91-96) as time-series, wherein the operating values of the battery comprise a terminal voltage of the battery (U(t)) and a battery current of the battery (I(t)), determining (1002) a simulated terminal voltage (USim(t)) using a model of the battery (400) on the basis of ...