ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,789, issued on May 27, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Method and system for controlling on-board battery charger of electric vehicle to accommodate transients in supply voltage" was invented by Victor Saborido Rodriguez (Valls, Spain), Cesar Ruano Alvarez (Valls, Spain), Adria Marcos Pastor (Valls, Spain) and Sergio Martinez Porras (Valls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-board battery charger (OBC) of an electric vehicle (EV) receives AC electrical power from a charge station and outputs a DC output current for charging a traction battery of the EV. In response to transients in the AC electrical power whi...