ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,600, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA SYSTEMS Corp. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Battery degradation determination system, battery degradation determination apparatus, and battery degradation determination method" was invented by Atsushi Takagi (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery degradation determination system includes a battery degradation determination apparatus configured to perform degradation determination for a secondary battery. The battery degradation determination apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to measure a charging and discharging characteristic value of the secondary battery...