ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,818, issued on May 19, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Battery pack controller and control method" was invented by Pierre Jacques Marie Bernadette Woestyn (Oudenaarde, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Enhanced battery pack controllers and control methods are disclosed. One illustrative battery pack controller includes: a monitor circuit that couples to a battery pack load terminal to detect when a voltage of the battery pack load terminal indicates a load condition; a fault detection circuit that couples to a current path through an array of one or more battery cells to detect when a...