ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,157, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Electrical system" was invented by Julia Gine Elies (Valls, Spain), Youssef Ghabbour (Valls, Spain), Ivan Casado Garcia (Valls, Spain), Marc Ferrer Duran (Valls, Spain), Roser Rue Olive (Valls, Spain), Cesar Ruano Alvarez (Valls, Spain) and Luis Roda Cornejo (Valls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a power source, a capacitor, a precharge circuit, and/or a controller, in some configurations. The capacitor may be electrically connected to the power source. The precharge circuit may be electrically connected between the power source and the c...