ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,402, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Enhanced fault isolation and mitigation for parasitic load using smart energy center" was invented by Infane Lowe (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Xinyu Du (Oakland Township, Mich.) and Lyall Kenneth Winger (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, electrical system of the vehicle, and a method of detecting a fault occurring in the electrical system. The electrical system includes an electronic control unit, a sensor configured to obtain a measurement of a parameter of the electronic control unit, and a processor. The processor is configured...