US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on June 30 for "Vehicle system" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,342, issued on June 30, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle system" was invented by Ryan Patrick Hickey (Austin, Texas), Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.) and Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes a vehicle processor for storing data including vehicle location and vehicle data. The vehicle system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and configured to transfer energy from a vehicle battery to a transfer station based on the vehicle location and the vehicle data."

The patent was fil...