US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 14 for "Charger for a battery pack, charging system and method of charging" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,424, issued on July 14, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Charger for a battery pack, charging system and method of charging" was invented by Gaurav M. Gothoskar (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Erik J. Hatinen (Monroe, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a charger for a battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery input line, a battery sense line electrically connected to the battery input line, and one or more electrochemical cells electrically connected to the battery input line. The charger includes a charger integrated circuit (IC) including an input pin, an output pin, and a...