US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 3 for "Switchable battery disconnect unit for electrified vehicles using protection devices including contractors and integrated circuit breaks" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,152, issued on June 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Switchable battery disconnect unit for electrified vehicles using protection devices including contractors and integrated circuit breaks" was invented by William Mu (Troy, Mich.), Timothy Mrosewske (Berkley, Mich.), Karina K Morley (New Hudson, Mich.) and Qingyuan Tan (LaSalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switchable battery disconnect unit (BDU) system for an electrified vehicle includes a switchable BDU for a high voltage battery system of the electrified vehicle, the switchable BDU including one or more protection devices that each include both a c...