US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 9 for "Techniques for managing and maintaining systemic efficiency during hydrogen refueling for fuel cell electric vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,389, issued on June 9, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Techniques for managing and maintaining systemic efficiency during hydrogen refueling for fuel cell electric vehicles" was invented by Abhilash Gudapati (Troy, Mich.) and Rudolf Kharpuri (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Refueling control techniques for a fuel cell electrified vehicle (FCEV) involve providing an electrified vehicle control unit (EVCU), a fuel cell propulsion system (FCPS), and a controller area network (CAN) therebetween, providing a set of hardwire wakeup lines connecting from the EVCU to each of the FCPS and other primary mod...