US Patent Issued to DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS on Aug. 4 for "Reusable battery indicator with electrical lock and key" (California, Connecticut, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,396, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Reusable battery indicator with electrical lock and key" was invented by Joern Riemer (Santa Clara, Calif.), Robert Pavlinsky (Oxford, Conn.), Jordan Bourilkov (Bethany, Conn.), Steven J. Specht (Brookfield, Conn.), George Turco (Wilmington, Del.) and Sergio Coronado (Bethel, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable battery indicator includes a voltage sensor, a communication circuit communicatively connected to the voltage sensor, an antenna operatively coupled to the communication circuit, and a connector. The connector is electrically c...