US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 5 for "Vehicle with electrified charging trailer control" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,287, issued on May 5, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle with electrified charging trailer control" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Michael Kipley (Saline, Mich.), Matthew Simpson (Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.), Ryan O'Gorman (Beverly Hills, Mich.), Pietro Buttolo (Dearborn Heights, Mich.), Peter Phung (Windsor, Canada) and William David Treharne (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle configurable to tow a charging trailer having at least one electric outlet configured to charge a battery powered device includes a human-machine interface (HMI), a wireless tr...