US Patent Issued to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC on May 19 for "System and method to connect and disconnect one or more lithium-ion battery" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,611, issued on May 19, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"System and method to connect and disconnect one or more lithium-ion battery" was invented by Luka Petrovic (North Billerica, Mass.), Andrew Chase (Acton, Mass.) and Jeffrey Steven Young (Billerica, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system includes an external-battery-power terminal configured to receive an external-battery-power connector, an external battery emergency power off (EPO) terminal, and an EPO switch coupled to the EPO terminal. The EPO switch is configured to be triggered by decoupling a mechanical latch associated with the ex...