ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,185, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Ampere S.A.S. (Boulogne Billancourt, France).

"Method for managing a network of storage batteries and power supply unit of an engine" was invented by Menouar Ameziani (Guyancourt, France) and Robert Lassartesses (Guyancourt Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method manages a network of storage batteries for supplying electric current to an engine of an electrically propelled motor vehicle. The network includes a first storage battery and at least a second storage battery connected in parallel, each storage battery being connected to the rest of the network via a relay which enables ...