US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 4 for "Fast charging capable mixed chemistry battery systems" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,345, issued on March 4, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Fast charging capable mixed chemistry battery systems" was invented by Shuonan Xu (Troy, Mich.), Hanho Yun (Oakland Township, Mich.) and Lei Hao (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling power transfer includes a direct current (DC)-DC converter connected to a charging bus and selectively connected to a propulsion battery assembly and a supplemental battery assembly, the propulsion battery assembly having a first chemistry and configured to supply power to an electric motor of a vehicle, the supplemental battery assembly...