ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,796, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Vehicle electric supply system" was invented by Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric supply system for a vehicle that includes two or more energy storage devices configured to store electric energy is provided. Two or more buses are also provided, and each bus conductively couples an energy storage device of the two or more energy storage devices with a different motor of a plurality of motors of the vehicle. A controller is configured to control conduction of electric current from each of the battery assemb...