US Patent Issued to VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT on March 25 for "Method that consists to give a second life to used electric vehicle battery packs by reusing them as a power source for a battery charger" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,275, issued on March 25, was assigned to VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

"Method that consists to give a second life to used electric vehicle battery packs by reusing them as a power source for a battery charger" was invented by Ahcene Nedjimi (Lyons, France), Lilian Bruyere (Belley, France) and Pierrick Ray (Morestel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method that consists to give a second life to used electric vehicle battery packs by reusing them as a power source for an autonomous battery charger, preferably for a mobile battery charger. The method includes successive steps con...