US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on Sept. 23 for "Safety device for an electric DC grid, onboard electrical system for a vehicle, vehicle, and DC charging station" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,838, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Safety device for an electric DC grid, onboard electrical system for a vehicle, vehicle, and DC charging station" was invented by Urs Boehme (Ehningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device for a DC grid includes a voltage measuring device between a potential line and a reference potential line, and a protective circuit for reducing an electric shock caused by Y-capacitors of the electric DC grid. The protective circuit includes a circuit breaker between the respective potential line and the reference potential line. A plurality o...