ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,548, issued on March 18, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Method for actively discharging an electrical energy storage device, control device, electrical circuit device and motor vehicle" was invented by Daniel Ruppert (Lenting, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for actively discharging an electrical energy storage device by means of an electrical circuit arrangement which comprises at least one half bridge comprising two switching elements, wherein the half bridge is connected in parallel with the energy storage device and wherein the switching elements each have a switchable section, the electrical res...