ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,212, issued on July 14, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).

"Control system for secondary battery, control circuit, and vehicle using the same" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo), Yuto Yakubo (Kanagawa, Japan), Takayuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, Japan), Shoki Miyata (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroshi Kadoma (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kaori Ogita (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a secondary battery which is less affected by the ambient temperature by performing temperature control of the secondary battery is provided. A control system for a secondary battery which is less...