ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,194, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPEREATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electric vehicle energy storage system time discharge estimation and management" was invented by Patricia M. Laskowsky (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Aniket P. Kothari (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Ethan R. Harrison (Burton, Mich.), Sabrina Elaine Ridenour (Novi, Mich.) and Timothy Bresson (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining sensor data for a vehicle having an energy storage system that is configured provide power for a home under certain conditions; obtaining home data as to a plurality of characteristics that pertain t...