ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,741, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Schumacher Electric Corp. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Battery booster" was invented by Patrick J. Clarke (St. Charles, Ill.), Brian F. Butler (Chicago), Xiao Ping Chen (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Barry O'Dell (Fort Worth, Texas), Ronald Walkup (Palatine, Ill.) and John S. Whiting (Hampshire, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a battery booster for jumpstarting a vehicle having an external battery. The battery booster includes a set of electrical conductors, a power supply to supply a starting current to jump start the vehicle via the set of electrical conductors, a boost switch positioned in-l...