US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Dec. 30 for "Balance control for rechargeable energy storage system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,949, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Balance control for rechargeable energy storage system" was invented by Mohamed Kamel (Birmingham, Mich.), Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.), Suresh Gopalakrishnan (Troy, Mich.), Jun-mo Kang (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Anthony J. Corsetti (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Balance control for a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) having a plurality of power modules. The balance control may include determining a state deviation for each of the power modules and implementing a balance control strategy to individually control pow...