ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,790, issued on July 28, was assigned to Xiamen Yaxon Zhilian Technology Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Power battery pack equalization method based on terrain prediction" was invented by Yankai Tu (Xiamen, China), Xuhui Ye (Xiamen, China) and Tengyuan Luo (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a power battery pack equalization method based on terrain prediction. The method includes: S1. during running of a vehicle, acquiring information of a road ahead of the vehicle; and S2. classifying the road information, setting a power prediction type based on a road information type, and switching a battery...