US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Oct. 14 for "Battery disconnect mechanization for direct current fast charging" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,957, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Battery disconnect mechanization for direct current fast charging" was invented by Rashmi Prasad (Troy, Mich.) and Chandra S. Namudur (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system includes a battery pack configured to be selectively connected to an output terminal of the battery system and a DCFC receptacle, a first contactor that is connected between the DCFC receptacle and a first terminal of the battery pack, and a first SSR connected in series with the first contactor between the DCFC receptacle and the first terminal of the bat...