ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,430, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery management apparatus and operating method thereof" was invented by Young Kyu Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) for identifying whether a Modbus-communication connector is connected, identifying whether a controller area network (CAN)-communication connector is connected, and configuring a communication protocol based on identification results of the first identifying unit and the second identifying unit."

The...