US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on June 23 for "Control of start-up operation in electric vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,018, issued on June 23, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Control of start-up operation in electric vehicle" was invented by Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.), Rasoul Hosseini (Troy, Mich.), Dae Young Kim (Madison Heights, Mich.) and Firas Shabo (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a start-up operation of an electric vehicle includes a high voltage electrical propulsion unit and a controller. The high voltage electrical propulsion unit includes at least one battery pack, a high voltage bus, one or more power components, a first group of switches, and a second gr...