US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 22 for "Charge cord including features for displaying information" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,683, issued on April 22, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Charge cord including features for displaying information" was invented by Sabrina Elaine Ridenour (Novi, Mich.) and Michael Anthony Manning (Clawson, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy transfer system includes a charge cord configured to electrically connect a battery system to an energy source or an energy storage system, the battery system configured to power an electric motor of a vehicle. The energy transfer system also includes a display system including at least one light source attached to the charge cord, and a controller conf...