US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 15 for "System for generating thermal heat in an electric power system and an electrified powertrain" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,695, issued on July 15, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System for generating thermal heat in an electric power system and an electrified powertrain" was invented by Neeraj S. Shidore (Novi, Mich.), Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.) and Satish P. Ketkar (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power system has a power inverter system with a quasi-resonant circuit (QRC), and a controller, and couples a DC power supply to an electric machine. The power inverter system includes a positive inverter bus and a negative inverter bus; first paired switches; a positive DC bus terminal; and a nega...