US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on May 26 for "Power supply system, heating control method, and heating control program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,417, issued on May 26, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power supply system, heating control method, and heating control program" was invented by Masaaki Kuranuki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater heats a battery. A voltage measurement unit measures a voltage of the battery. A temperature measurement unit measures a temperature of the battery. A controller determines that the measured temperature of the battery, which is measured by the temperature measurement unit, is a temperature at which the heater is started, and controls a heating amount from the heater to t...