US Patent Issued to BorgWarner US Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for overcurrent detection for inverter for electric vehicle" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,871, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for overcurrent detection for inverter for electric vehicle" was invented by Seyed R. Zarabadi (Kokomo, Ind.), Mark Wendell Gose (Kokomo, Ind.) and Peter Allan Laubenstein (Sharpsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power switch including a drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal; and a controller configured to detect a change in current at the source terminal of t...