ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,068, issued on July 14, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) and AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for evaluating an electric connection of an electric energy storage device to an onboard electrical system, electronic battery evaluating system and vehicle" was invented by Marco Baumgarth (Vordorf, Germany) and Rolf Naumann (Michelau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for evaluating an electric connection of an electric energy storage device to an onboard electrical system of a vehicle. A voltage converter which is connected to the energy storage device is used to supply at le...