ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,036, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Nott Corp. (Arden Hills, Minn.).
"Methods and systems for power management of a vehicle" was invented by John Kahler Bowis (Saint Louis Park, Minn.) and Dusten Carl O'Konek (Henderson, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The battery levels and location of the vehicle may be monitored to manage the features or modes available to use on the vehicle. A distance from the vehicle to a location may be determined. Based on the distance, a threshold power level for the vehicle to move to the location may be determined. A battery level for the vehicle may be determined. The battery level may be determine...