ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,657, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CELLCENTRIC GMBH & Co. KG (Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany).
"Method for operating an electric drive system" was invented by Ottmar Gehring (Magstadt, Germany), Christian Ballarin (Stuttgart, Germany) and Steffen Maus (Reutlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating an electric drive system of a motor vehicle with a backup battery and a fuel cell for providing electric drive power. Here, route data is determined and then, based on this route data, consumption data is forecast.The invention is characterized in that, in order to optimize the operat...