US Patent Issued to FCA FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOVEIS BRASIL on March 25 for "Management method of an automotive alternator and system" (Brazilian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,474, issued on March 25, was assigned to FCA FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOVEIS BRASIL LTDA (Betim, Brazil).

"Management method of an automotive alternator and system" was invented by Luis Carlos Monteiro Sales (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for managing an automotive alternator are described for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The alternator is controlled by an electrical control unit (ECU) designed to facilitate electrical and mechanical coupling of the alternator to a battery. The ECU receives signals from a battery charge sensor to: determine a battery charge level between: BC1 (...