ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,291, issued on May 5, was assigned to TEXTRON INC. (Providence, R.I.).
"Battery system wakeup based on vehicle motion" 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: "A golf cart includes an electric motor configured to perform a braking function, a battery, a sensor, and a control system including a first controller and a second controller. The first controller and the sensor are powered by the battery without the second controller and the electric motor being powered during the low power state. The sensor is con...