US Patent Issued to Briggs & Stratton on March 31 for "Battery management system for battery powered equipment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,577, issued on March 31, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wautwatosa, Wis.).

"Battery management system for battery powered equipment" was invented by Mark Noller (Milwaukee) and Todd Johnson (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a housing, a plurality of rechargeable battery cells, a connection interface, a near-field communication (NFC) reader, a battery management system, and a communication gateway. The connection interface is in communication includes a plurality of data pins, a positive terminal, and a negative terminal. The battery management system is in communication with the NFC read...