ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,477, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC (Deerfield Beach, Fla.).

"Vehicle battery with a self-contained backup capability" was invented by Kevin Huntsman (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), Cody Weber (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), David Schulte (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) and Idoko Abuh (Deerfield Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a vehicle or other system battery with a self-contained backup capability and a method for providing power to a vehicle using the vehicle or other system battery with a self-contained backup capability. In one aspect, the vehicle battery comprises, a main battery ...