US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 31 for "Trailer brake gain based on regenerative brake capacity" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,656, issued on March 31, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Trailer brake gain based on regenerative brake capacity" was invented by David S Bittinger (Fenton, Mich.), Benjamin Abraham (Attica, Mich.) and Alexander Y Morita (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamic braking system for an electrified vehicle having a high voltage (HV) battery system and an electric propulsion system includes a regenerative braking system configured to recharge the HV battery system, a vehicle controller configured to monitor and control the regenerative braking system to selectively perform a regenerative braking oper...