ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,079, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Meritor Electric Vehicles Germany GmbH (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Braking controller for the link circuit of a drive system" was invented by Thomas Demuth (Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany), Enrico Fuchs (Reinsdorf, Germany), Timon Meier (Schwarzenberg, Germany) and Bjorn Bogel (Abenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking controller arrangement, a drive system, a vehicle, and a method of control. The braking controller arrangement includes a link circuit, a first semiconductor, a second semiconductor, a third semiconductor, a fourth semiconductor, and a resistor. The link circuit is elect...