ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,975, issued on Jan. 27.

"Systems and methods for controlling charging operation of a vehicle battery" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Jeff Robert Seaman (Petersburg, Mich.), Tim Michael Farmer (Clinton Township, Mich.), Todd Ansbacher (Westland, Mich.), David Celinske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.) and Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a Direct Current-to-Direct Current (DC to DC) converter, a low-voltage battery, a memory and a processor is disclosed. The DC to DC converter may be configured to convert a high voltage electric power to a low voltage electric power,...