ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,547, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MEKTEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Battery monitoring module and flexible printed wiring board" was invented by Katsuhito Shirota (Tokyo), Tomoki Kanayama (Tokyo) and Shuzo Yamada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a flexible printed wiring board attached to a battery, including: multiple lines are provided only on one surface of the flexible printed wiring board, one end of a first line group and a second line group are respectively connected to one of multiple terminals of the battery, and the other end of the first line group is arranged in a bent portion, and the other end of the secon...