US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 14 for "Determination method of battery pack and manufacturing method of vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,099, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Determination method of battery pack and manufacturing method of vehicle" was invented by Tomohiro Tsumoto (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A determination method for determining whether or not a battery pack is normal, the method comprising a step of measuring a time-dependent change in at least one of a temperature and an output voltage of the battery pack while heating the battery pack, and determining whether or not the battery pack is normal based on the measured time-dependent change. According to this determination method, it is possible...