ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,747, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Battery management system" was invented by Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, China), Juncheng Zhan (Shenzhen, China), Yuancai Liu (Shenzhen, China), Lei Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Wentao Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of discharging a battery assembly includes detecting, with aid of a timer, when the battery assembly is not in use for a threshold length of time, where the battery assembly is configured to power at least a part of a movable object. The method further includes initiating a controlled self-discharge of the battery assem...