US Patent Issued to Brunswick on Oct. 7 for "Variable voltage charging system and method for a vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,388, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Variable voltage charging system and method for a vehicle" was invented by Steven J. Gonring (Slinger, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system for a vehicle includes an alternator configured to alternately output at least a low charge voltage to charge a low voltage storage device and a high charge voltage to charge a high voltage storage device, and a switch configured to switch between at least a first switch position connecting the alternator to the low voltage storage device and a second switch position connecting the alternator to the high volt...