US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 1 for "Systems and methods for controlling illumination of center caps in vehicle wheels" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,259, issued on July 1, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for controlling illumination of center caps in vehicle wheels" was invented by Stanley R. Bloecker (Bruce, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a wheel including a center cap having a first portion configured to rotate with the wheel and a second portion configured to remain stationary. The second portion includes a light source and a power storage module. The system further includes a generator configured to generate power and output the power to at least the power storage module, a power converter coupled betw...