US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Feb. 17 for "Reconfigurable battery system for efficient charging and discharging" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,009, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Reconfigurable battery system for efficient charging and discharging" was invented by John A. Trela (Seattle), Glen M. Brown (Woodinville, Wash.) and Shengyi Liu (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable battery system is disclosed. The reconfigurable battery system comprises a reconfigurable battery cell array, a controller, and a bus switch. The battery cell array is configured to operate in a first discharge mode, a second discharge mode, or a charge mode. The battery cell array includes a plurality of battery cells arranged as at...