US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Feb. 3 for "Low-voltage discharge of high-voltage battery pack" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,787, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Low-voltage discharge of high-voltage battery pack" was invented by Daniel B. Fosmer (Highland, Mich.), Craig T. Simmerman (Howell, Mich.), Jared Wozniak (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Shayne Suban (Warren, Mich.) and Shyama Maria Jose (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for discharging a high-voltage ("HV") battery pack in an electrical system having a low-voltage ("LV") bus and a high-voltage ("HV") bus includes a resistive load and an electronic control unit ("ECU"). The ECU transmits electronic control signals to the resistive load ...