ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,160, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Noco Co. (Glenwillow, Ohio).
"Lithium ion battery cell balancing system and method, and a battery charging device with lithium ion battery cell balancing" was invented by James P. McBride (Phoenix), Daniel L. Simon (Phoenix) and James Richard Stanfield (Glendale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a lithium ion rechargeable battery charging system with lithium cell balancing, including a lithium ion rechargeable battery and a battery charging device configured for charging the lithium ion rechargeable battery and wherein cell balancing of the lithium ion rechargeable battery cel...