US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Vehicular electrical system sharing primary power with upfit equipment" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,890, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicular electrical system sharing primary power with upfit equipment" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), David Celinske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.), Zeljko Deljevic (Plymouth, Mich.), Todd Ansbacher (Westland, Mich.) and John Anthony DeMarco (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle electrical distribution system includes an upfitter power supply subsystem with overcurrent protection for tripping (opening) a solid-state relay when current drawn from a main electrical source by the upfitter subsystem impact...