US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on March 11 for "Charging device and method for operating the charging device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,609, issued on March 11, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Charging device and method for operating the charging device" was invented by Thomas Plum (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a charging device (100), comprising: an input-side first terminal (110_1, 110_2) for connecting to an electrical energy source (200); an output-side second terminal (190_1, 190_2) for connecting to a battery (300) to be charged; and a transformer (150), the primary winding (150_1) of which is electrically connected to the first terminal (110_1, 110_2) by means of a primary circuit (400) and ...