US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 22 for "System and method for initializing operations of lithium-ion battery packs" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,191, issued on July 22, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System and method for initializing operations of lithium-ion battery packs" was invented by Alexander Cameron Crosman III (Dunlap, Ill.) and Garrett Tyler Nielson (Schererville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for initializing operations of one or more batteries of a lithium-ion battery pack to supply electric power to an electrical load includes a switching device, an output device, and a controller. The switching device is configured to move between a first position to facilitate supply of electric power from the batteries to the electrical load ...