ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,382, issued on June 9, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Computer implemented method for controlling energy storage of a battery pack" was invented by Gurpreet Singh (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Linus Hallberg (Save, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system includes a processor device configured to determine the temperature of the service brakes of an electric vehicle, determine operating windows of a battery pack of the electric vehicle defined by its operating voltage according to default predetermined voltage limits, and according to extended predetermined voltage limits in which the upper lim...