ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,156, issued on June 3, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Magnetic integration of high voltage to low voltage DC/DC power converter with inverter system controller battery current control module system" was invented by Mohamed Elshaer (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive power system includes an AC/DC power converter, a transformer, a switching bridge connected between the AC/DC power converter and transformer, and a switch bank connected with a secondary side of the transformer. The switch bank connects the secondary side between an electric machine and another switching bridge suc...