US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 29 for "Interactive functionality for PHEV users to reach minimum comprehensive consumption" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,829, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Interactive functionality for PHEV users to reach minimum comprehensive consumption" was invented by Xi Chen (Shanghai), Quan Gan (Shanghai), Jieyun Wu (Shanghai) and Lin Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comprehensive consumption control system for a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicle includes a user interface configured to receive a user selection from a plurality of different comprehensive consumption modes for an electrified powertrain, the selected comprehensive consumption mode specifying a distributed usage of power sources for an el...