ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,050, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsara Inc. (San Francisco).
"Electric vehicle charge determination" was invented by Alexander Thomas Govan (Oakland, Calif.), Alvin Wu (San Francisco), Benjamin Chang (Oakland, Calif.), Jennifer Zhang (San Francisco) and Katherine Lee (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic service is selectively started at opportune times, such as when the electrical vehicle is initially plugged in. When the electrical vehicle is turned off, there may not be any messages being sent on the communication bus since most vehicle electronic controllers are disabled to conserve power. But, when so...