ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,105, issued on May 6, was assigned to Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Motor vehicle having a DC voltage onboard power supply" was invented by Benedikt Fries (Bernhardswald, Germany) and Cornelius Rettner (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle includes a DC voltage power supply, a component, a filter, and a shield. The component is connected across the filter module to the DC voltage power supply. The filter module is connected across an power supply connection of the filter module to the DC voltage power supply and across a component connection of the filter module to the component. The filter mo...