ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,696, issued on May 13, was assigned to ALSTOM Holdings (Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France).

"Power supply system and method of controlling such a power supply system" was invented by Bruno Rouille (Ordizan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a power supply system for an electric vehicle includes acquiring a first power setpoint value corresponding to the electrical power to be supplied by the battery, determining the electrical power required by the drivetrain and the electrical power required by the at least one auxiliary apparatus, determining the state of the battery, calculating at least one electrical power...