ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,313, issued on July 22, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Charge controller" was invented by Martin Hermez (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Do Hyun Yoon (Irvine, Calif.) and Tyler Jennings Bennett (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge controller that responds to extreme transients in current, voltage, and temperature. The charge controller monitors the drift of the battery charging rate versus its request and compensates for wind up that may lead to uncontrolled current into a high-voltage battery. This bi-directional anti-wind up charge controller allows the battery management system to indepen...