US Patent Issued to VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN on Sept. 23 for "Battery control apparatus and battery system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,673, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Battery control apparatus and battery system" was invented by Keiichiro Ohkawa (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Ryohhei Nakao (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery control apparatus for a battery system includes: a first operation unit that computes a first state of charge of a battery according to a first technique on the basis of an electric current value, a voltage value, and an internal resistance value of the battery; a second operation unit that computes a second state of charge of the battery according to a second technique different f...