US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 2 for "Network control techniques for improving energy efficiency during ignition-off in electrified vehicles" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,279, issued on June 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Network control techniques for improving energy efficiency during ignition-off in electrified vehicles" was invented by Abhilash Gudapati (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network control method for improving energy consumption by an electrified vehicle during ignition-off involves a supervisory controller configured to control a propulsion system or electrified powertrain of the electrified vehicle and a security gateway (SGW) module. The supervisory controller and the SGW module are each connected to a controller area network (CAN) of the electrifi...