ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,078, issued on June 10, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Hybrid switch multi-chip power module for a vehicle battery" was invented by Benjamin S. Ngu (Royal Oak, Mich.), Brian A. Welchko (Oakland Township, Mich.), Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.), Yilun Luo (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ioan Suciu (Windsor, Canada), Eric B. Gach (Clarkston, Mich.), Rashmi Prasad (Troy, Mich.), Luciano N. Di Perna (Troy, Mich.) and Khorshed Mohammed Alam (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for receiving, at a multi-chip power module, multiple electronic control signals by one or more semiconductor de...