ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,003, issued on April 29, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Battery charging system configured to interrupt buildup of carbon deposits and corresponding method" was invented by Richard Mo (Canton, Mich.) and Timothy Harris (Grosse Ile, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a battery charging system configured to selectively charge a battery pack of an electrified vehicle. More particularly, the battery charging system is configured to interrupt a buildup of carbon deposits. A corresponding method is also disclosed. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to interr...