ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,558, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Replacement battery and operating method thereof" was invented by Min Young Chae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement battery is disposed in a slot in a battery swapping station. The replacement battery obtains required voltage data of an external electronic device from the battery swapping station. The replacement battery converts power stored in a battery unit into voltage based on the required voltage data, outputs the voltage to the external electronic device."

The patent was filed on July 4, 2023, under Applica...