ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,315, issued on May 5, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle energy management" was invented by Zhentao Xie (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Rudolf Kharpuri (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) includes an electric traction motor configured to drive the FCEV and generate power through regenerative braking, a high voltage (HV) battery system including a HV bus and a HV battery configured to power the electric traction motor, and a fuel cell stack (FCS) configured to generate electricity to recharge the HV battery and/or power the electric tractio...