ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,550, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Noco Co. (Glenwillow, Ohio).
"Battery charging device for charging a deeply discharged battery, and battery charging system and method" was invented by James P. McBride (Phoenix), James Richard Stanfield (Glendale, Ariz.), Derek Michael Underhill (Tempe, Ariz.) and Jonathan Lewis Nook (Gates Mills, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of charging a deeply discharged battery using a battery charging device, the method including measuring the output voltage of the deeply discharged battery using the battery charging device, and if the output voltage is at or near zero (0...