US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Zero speed vehicle battery heating" (Michigan, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,795, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Zero speed vehicle battery heating" was invented by Matthew Penne (Hadar, Neb.), Yang Xu (Canton, Mich.), Jonathan Hair (Northville, Mich.) and Adeeb Ahmed (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an electric machine including a rotor. The vehicle further includes a traction battery configured to supply electric power to the electric machine. The vehicle further includes a wheel mechanically coupled to the electric machine. The vehicle further includes one or more controllers programmed to, responsive to detecting a ba...