ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,729, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC (Providence, R.I.).
"Limiting speed based on state of charge" was invented by Gregory August Theodosakis (Martinez, Ga.), Russell William King (Evans, Ga.) and Jonathan Daniel Bowen (North Augusta, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques to control a utility vehicle involve initially setting a maximum speed constraint imposed on the utility vehicle to an initial value. Such techniques further involve receiving a state of charge signal that indicates a current state of charge of a lithium battery which provides electric power for utility vehicle propulsion. Such te...