ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,925, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Traction-battery control in hybrid powertrain" was invented by David Anthony Symanow (Plymouth, Mich.), Prasad Venkiteswaran (Canton, Mich.) and Ray C. Siciak (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions. The processor is programmed to prevent a traction battery from providing power to a vehicle powertrain below a charge threshold, and then, upon one of (a) receiving an acceleration demand above an acceleration threshold and (b) predicting that a planned ma...