ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,154, issued on April 7, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Battery system and method for controlling a battery system" was invented by Ayman Ayad (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system including a number of first battery modules each including a number of battery cells, and a number of second battery modules each including a number of battery cells. Each second battery module includes a power electronics unit having a DC/DC converter. The first and second battery modules are connected in series. The first battery modules are connected directly in series and the second batt...