ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,152, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Vertiv IT Systems Inc. (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Flexible continuous load unit/monitor interface for battery capacity testing" was invented by Thomas McDaniel (Madison, Ala.), Marc Radzikowski (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and James Jones (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery capacity testing interface (BCTI) module may be configured to test a capacity of a battery unit, such as an individual battery or a string of batteries. The BCTI module may instruct a battery unit under test to release a controlled electrical discharge that is measured by the BCTI module. Once determined, battery cap...