ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,734, issued on March 17, was assigned to Schumacher Electric Corp. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Automotive battery power system" was invented by John Whiting (Fort Worth, Texas), Randall Lawson (Fort Worth, Texas), Patrick Clarke (Fort Worth, Texas) and Donald Anderson (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an automotive power system configured to facilitate monitoring and charging (and/or discharging) of a vehicle. The vehicle may be a hybrid electric vehicle or an electric vehicle. The automotive power system may further comprise a cable management system. In some examples, the automotive power system may further ...