ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,617, issued on March 11, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).

"Vehicle traction battery circuit and control system" was invented by Tung Fai Yu (Rugby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to a circuit for a traction battery of a vehicle, the circuit comprising: switching means configured to electrically interconnect in series a first cell set comprising one or more battery cells and a second cell set comprising one or more battery cells, and configured to electrically interconnect in parallel the first cell set and the second cell set; and at least one com...