ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,911, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery reuse management system" was invented by Yasuhide Kurimoto (Kasugai, Japan), Hiroshi Yamasaki (Nagoya, Japan), Masahiro Kagami (Nagoya, Japan) and Kenji Zaitsu (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery reuse management system manages reuse of a battery pack installed in vehicles. The battery reuse management system acquires battery information reflecting the use history of the battery pack during primary use in the vehicle. The battery reuse management system acquires first traveling record information indicating at least one of the ...