US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 20 for "Method and system for an electrified vehicle" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,326, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method and system for an electrified vehicle" was invented by Ryan P. Hickey (Austin, Texas) and Galen E. Ressler (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an electrified vehicle includes a rechargeable energy storage device (RESS) electrically couplable via an electric power bus to a high-voltage actuator, a telematics system, and an on-vehicle controller. The on-vehicle controller includes an instruction set that is executable to: receive, via the telematics system, a notification of a proximal impending catastrophic event; d...