US Patent Issued to BorgWarner US Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for controlled active discharge for inverter for electric vehicle" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,203, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for controlled active discharge for inverter for electric vehicle" was invented by Seyed R. Zarabadi (Kokomo, 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: a power switch including a drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal; and one or more controllers configured to: detect a temperature of the power switch, a rate of change in current of the power switch, and a filtered current of th...