US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on May 20 for "Discharge system for DC capacitors with active loss control" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,691, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Discharge system for DC capacitors with active loss control" was invented by Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.), Muhammad Hussain Alvi (Troy, Mich.) and Suresh Gopalakrishnan (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control system for a battery system includes a resistor including a first terminal and a second terminal. A normally closed transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The first terminal of the transistor is connected to a second terminal of the resistor and the second terminal of the transi...