ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,524, issued on April 21, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Battery pack active fuse control apparatus" was invented by Jing Yang (Ningde, China), Zhaoguang Wang (Ningde, China) and Qiandeng Li (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack active fuse control apparatus includes a battery management system and a shunt resistor, where the battery management system includes a short-circuit current detect circuit and a short-circuit current process circuit that are constantly powered. The shunt resistor and an active fuse are connected in series with a power supply loop of a bat...