ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,685, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery apparatus and method for predicting battery output" was invented by Sun Jong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Cheoltaek Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Ho Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yong Chul Sung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery apparatus estimates a surface SOC representing a potential at an electrode surface of the battery, and predicts an output of the battery during a requested time based on the first surface SOC, a cut-off voltage, and the requested time."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2021, unde...