ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,285, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System and method of exiting a low power mode for a battery electric machine" was invented by Russell A. Brockhurst (Carindale, Australia) and Ruchi P. Bhatia (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for exiting a low power mode of operation of a battery electric machine (BEM) are provided. The method includes determining a location of a BEM allocated to a production circuit; determining a location of a charging station compatible with the BEM; based on the locations of the BEM and the charging station and the production circuit: determi...