ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,338, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Diagnosing and locating battery pack failures" was invented by Christopher Neuman (Denver), Andres Victor Mituta (Lake Orion, Mich.) and James Routh (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells, a voltage sensor configured to sense an output voltage of the plurality of battery cells, and a control module in communication with the voltage sensor. The control module is configured to detect a failure associated with the battery pack, receive, from the voltage sensor, ...