ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,221, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Dynamic management of vehicle functions according to power demand" was invented by Nathan Denison (Columbus, Ind.), Scott Alan Rittenhouse (Nashville, Ind.), Richard A. Booth (Columbus, Ind.) and Sweekar Pandit (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes devices, systems, and methods for managing vehicle functions according to power demand by vehicle subsystems. Example methods include receiving available power data indicating available vehicle battery power, the vehicle having vehicle subsystems. Methods include receiving deman...