US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 7 for "Smart vehicle systems and control logic with dark start functionality for vehicle-to-home backup power" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,565, issued on July 7, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Smart vehicle systems and control logic with dark start functionality for vehicle-to-home backup power" was invented by Douglas S. Cesiel (Farmington, Mich.) and Samantha Gunter Miller (Berkley, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are intelligent vehicle systems for provisioning backup power to buildings during power outages, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method of operating a vehicle includes a resident or remote vehicle controller detecting a charging port of the vehicle coupling to a ...