US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on July 8 for "Method and systems of controlling cabin ventilation of a vehicle" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,000, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method and systems of controlling cabin ventilation of a vehicle" was invented by Torsten Gerhardt (London), Brian Pearce (Maldon, Great Britain), Adriana Cevoli Giroldo (Brentwood, Great Britain), Mark Michel (Dartford, Great Britain) and Yichen Gao (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of controlling the ventilation of an electric vehicle comprising a power cell and a cabin vent. An operational mode of the electric vehicle is determined. An operational state of the power cell is determined. The closure of the cabin vent is co...