US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 23 for "String and module switching control systems and methods for mode transitions" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,670, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"String and module switching control systems and methods for mode transitions" was invented by Jun-mo Kang (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Chen-Fang Chang (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Dave G. Rich (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system includes: at least two battery modules, each including at least three strings of battery cells that are configured to, at different times be: connected in series and to a first positive terminal via first switches; connected in parallel and to a second positive terminal via second switches; a...