ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,557, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cox Automotive Inc. (Atlanta).

"System and methods for determining a status of an electrochemical energy storage device" was invented by Connor Benjamin Taylor (Norman, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for determining a status of an electrochemical energy storage device is provided. An impedance profile of an electrochemical energy storage device is determined using an Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) device. The determined impedance profile is compared with a predetermined impedance profile. A status of the electrochemical energy storage device is determined...