ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,607, issued on March 3, was assigned to The Noco Co. (Glenwillow, Ohio).

"Lithium-ion battery management system (BMS) having compact heat sinking arrangement, lithium-ion battery having BMS with compact heat sinking arrangement, and method of making BMS with compact heat sinking arrangement" was invented by James P. McBride (Phoenix) and Matthew Michael Bosway (Queen Creek, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system (BMS) having a printed circuit board (PCB) with a diagonal arrangement for use in a Li-ion battery, a Li-ion battery having a battery management system (BMS) having a printed circuit board (PCB) with...