US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Methods and systems for vehicle power control" (British, Dutch, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,346, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and systems for vehicle power control" was invented by David Cox (London), David Hesketh (Ingatestone, Great Britain), Emil G. Serban (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Mario Balenovic (Noord Brabant, Netherlands) and Bastian Hartmann (Hurth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system are disclosed for vehicle power control. a first high voltage, HV, demand signal is received from a HV device and a first low voltage, LV, demand signal is received from a LV system of the vehicle. The first HV demand signal can be modified based on the firs...