ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,873, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Techniques for managing high voltage systems for electrified vehicles with firmware over the air features" was invented by Abhilash Gudapati (Troy, Mich.), Rudolf Kharpuri (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Omkar Bedarkar (Windsor, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage management system for an electrified vehicle having firmware over-the-air (FOTA) capability receives, via a wireless communication medium, a FOTA flash update for a set of components of the electrified vehicle, receives, from a customer, a customer input indicating a desired time to perfor...