ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,685, issued on April 7, was assigned to AESC Japan Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Voltage detection device and battery module" was invented by Dai Monno (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryuichi Amagai (Kanagawa, Japan), Masayuki Nakai (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinkichi Toyosaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasuhiro Yanagihara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first voltage detection device includes a first holding body, a first voltage detection portion held by the first holding body, and a first conductor attached to the first holding body, at least a portion of the conductor being functioning as a fuse."
The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2022, und...