ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,194, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Stator switching module" was invented by Matthew Joseph (St. Clair Shores, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching module includes a housing that can be attached directly to an end of a stator and over line and neutral phase hairpins of the stator, electrically conductive platforms disposed in the housing and that can contact some of the hairpins, switches disposed in the housing, connected with the platforms, and that can selectively change connections of the hairpins between wye and delta configurations, and a conduit defining a coolan...