US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 17 for "Electric vehicle having momentary push button battery switch" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,286, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electric vehicle having momentary push button battery switch" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Jeff Robert Seaman (Petersburg, Mich.), Rudi Todd Ansbacher (Westland, Mich.), David Celinske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.) and Samuel Sesena (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric powered vehicle having an electric powered motor, a high voltage primary battery pack configured to power the electric motor, a low voltage secondary battery configured to power one or more control modules, and a push button switch electri...