ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,478, issued on July 28, was assigned to Enatel (New Zealand).

"Controller area network (CAN) bus to power line carrier (PLC) systems and methods" was invented by Anton Clark (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Michael McCormick (Christchurch, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to communicate with a battery management system (BMS) of a battery includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The apparatus further includes a first electrical conductor configured to connect the processor to a controller area network (CAN) bus connected to the battery management system (BMS) of the battery. The apparatus further ...