ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,951, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Device to device measurement synchronization" was invented by Tahar Allag (Irving, Texas) and Kyl Wayne Scott (Richardson, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system includes a set of N battery modules coupled together in series, a set of N battery monitors, and a controller. Each battery monitor in the set of N battery monitors is coupled to a respective battery module in the set of N battery modules and measures a battery parameter of the respective battery module. The controller determines a preprogrammed delay for each battery monitor ...