US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 12 for "Traction battery controller operable to detect battery internal state using battery model based on comprehensive distribution of relaxation times information" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,273, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Traction battery controller operable to detect battery internal state using battery model based on comprehensive distribution of relaxation times information" was invented by David Bilby (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Nathan Kempema (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction battery controller of an electrified vehicle controls the traction battery based in part on a value of a non-linear circuit element of a model of the traction battery in which the value of the non-linear circuit element is estimated in part on distribution ...