US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 24 for "High voltage system to expedite propulsion readiness for electrified powertrain vehicles" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,665, issued on June 24, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"High voltage system to expedite propulsion readiness for electrified powertrain vehicles" was invented by Abhilash Gudapati (Troy, Mich.) and Daniele S Zaharia (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle includes a vehicle door, an electronic door latch system configured to selectively open the vehicle door, and an electrified powertrain configured to generate drive torque. A high voltage battery system for powering the electrified powertrain includes one or more battery contactors to selectively enable the high voltage battery system....