ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,277, issued on July 8, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"System and method for disengaging battery strings" was invented by Jonathan M. Baumann (Hanna City, Ill.), Justin Dale Middleton (Peoria, Ill.), Jason Lee Miller (Princeville, Ill.) and Evan Blair Stumpges (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine includes a plurality of battery string modules that supply electric current to an inverter of the machine. The machine also includes a control system that opens at one contactor coupled to at least one battery string module of the plurality of battery string modules to disconnect the at least one battery st...