ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,094, issued on May 13, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Modulation to extend dual-active bridge converter zero-voltage switching margin under parameter variation" was invented by Yanjun Shi (Torrance, Calif.), Zahra Mohajerani (Los Angeles) and Mohammad Nanda Rahmana Marwali (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling a dual active bridge converter are disclosed herein. A probability of losing zero voltage switching (ZVS) of a dual active bridge (DAB) converter comprising is determined. At least one control variable of a plurality of control variables of the DAB convert...