ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,793, issued on April 7.

"System and method for prolonging the life of a battery that is electrically coupled to a load" was invented by Clayton Hanks (Pittsburg, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for prolonging a life of a battery is provided. The system may include a charge storage device and a battery. The charge storage device may be connected to the battery. The system may further include a controller connected to the charge storage device. The controller may compute a resonance frequency. The controller may further control the charge storage device to supply, to the battery, a specific voltage at a specific...