ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,390, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method and a master control unit for controlling an electrical system of an electric vehicle" was invented by Julien Maitre (Chuzelles, France), Maxime Valero (Meyzieu, France) and Frederic Leroy (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an electrical system of an electric vehicle. The electrical system comprises a vehicle network and an external network having one or more external loads and connectable to an on-board network. The vehicle network comprises a converter unit adapted for connecting a traction voltage network and a...