US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on March 31 for "Power supply device and mechanical device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,425, issued on March 31, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Power supply device and mechanical device" was invented by Shunichiro Sueyoshi (Wako, Japan), Akihiro Kimura (Wako, Japan), Kotaro Kawase (Wako, Japan), Yoshiharu Nawata (Wako, Japan) and Mitsuyoshi Kanai (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A present invention is a power supply device, comprising a battery unit, a heater configured to generate heat on the basis of power of the battery unit, and a driving unit configured to drive the heater with a driving force according to a temperature of the battery unit."

The patent was filed on Nov. 17, 2022, under ...