ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,282, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Battery module for constructing a battery system for a vehicle" was invented by Patrick Assmann (Stockdorf, Germany) and Bjorn Langhof (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module for constructing a battery system for a vehicle includes at least one battery cell and a battery management controller (BMC) with a battery management controller interface (BMCS). The battery management controller interface (BMCS) has at least two address contacts for allocating an address to the battery module, and the battery management controller (BMC) is des...