ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,288, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Battery voltage equalization device" was invented by Kenji Hamada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery voltage equalization device for an automotive battery formed from a plurality of batteries connected in series includes: a voltage measurement unit that measures respective battery voltages of the batteries; a current measurement unit that measures a charge-discharge current of the automotive battery; a cell balancing unit that equalizes the respective battery voltages of the batteries; and a control unit that performs a voltage equalization control through the c...