US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on March 24 for "Electrode based charging control for vehicle battery" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,360, issued on March 24, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Electrode based charging control for vehicle battery" was invented by Brian J. Koch (Berkley, Mich.), Jing Gao (Rochester, Mich.) and Xi Chen (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling charging of a battery to minimize or avoid lithium plating. The method may include charging the battery during with a first charge current having a first charge profile, monitoring charging of the battery with the first charge current, and thereafter charging the battery with a second charge current having a cathode charge prof...