US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 30 for "System for managing vehicle power outlet and estimating range" (Michigan, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,134, issued on June 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"System for managing vehicle power outlet and estimating range" was invented by Anna Frances Hardig Hendrickson (Southfield, Mich.), Ryan Wayne Warner (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Clayton Benjamin Ford (Dearborn, Mich.), Andrew Peter Attivissimo (Allen Park, Mich.), Emad Khan (Acworth, Ga.), Jacob Michael Haspiel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Joseph Ian Halaszynski (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an electric motor that propels the vehicle, a battery that provides power to the electric motor, one or more power outlets tha...