US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on April 7 for "Energy transfer circuit, and electricity storage system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,783, issued on April 7, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Energy transfer circuit, and electricity storage system" was invented by Masaaki Kuranuki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cell selection circuit is provided between n cells connected in series, where n is an integer of 2 or more, and inductor, and is provided at both ends of the selected cell and both ends of inductor can be conductive. Clamp circuit includes at least one clamp switch for forming a closed loop including inductor in a state where cell selection circuit does not select any cells. Current detection c...