ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,579, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to APOLLO AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USA LLC (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Designing high TDP MXM module power solution for autonomous vehicles" was invented by David Wang (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Peng Cheng (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a power circuit for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a first power source having a first power rating. The circuit includes a second power source having a second power rating. The circuit includes a switch coupled to the first and second power sources, the switch being configured to determining a power operating mode of an accelerat...