US Patent Issued to BorgWarner US Technologies on Feb. 3 for "Systems and methods for active discharge for inverter for electric vehicle" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,508, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for active discharge for inverter for electric vehicle" was invented by Kevin M. Gertiser (Carmel, Ind.), David Paul Buehler (Noblesville, Ind.) and Vikram Murthy (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: one or more switches; and one or more controllers configured to: determine a gate voltage to operate the one or more switches of the inverter based on a temperature of the inverter; ope...