ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,080, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"State of health measurement for electric vehicle battery" was invented by Christopher R. Neuman (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for estimating state of health (SOH) of a battery configured for providing electrical power to a motor for driving a vehicle. The method and system configured for measuring an enhanced SOH for the battery according to an enhanced SOH process. The enhanced SOH process including maximizing a discharge depth of the battery to maximize accuracy of the enhanced SOH measurement."

The patent was filed...