ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,211, issued on July 14, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Voltage extraction in energy storage system" was invented by Pontus Grahn (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising an ESS is disclosed. The ESS comprises a battery pack with a number of battery cells, at least one connector connected to at least two battery cells connected in series, for providing an output voltage level of qx V which is lower than the maximum traction voltage level of ax V. The ESS may further comprise at least one regulator connected to the at least one connector. The at least one regulator is configured ...