ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,259, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Jolt Energy GmbH (Munich).

"Method for increasing safety during charging of a vehicle battery" was invented by Maurice Neligan (Munich), Markus Ostermeier (Munich) and Roland Gersch (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for increasing safety during charging of a vehicle battery of a vehicle by a charging station, the method comprising the steps of calculating a forecast value for a maximum safe charging current by the controller of the vehicle based on sensor data generated by sensors of the vehicle and adjusting the charging current provided by the charging stati...