ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,269, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).

"Absorption circuit arrangement for a traction converter of a rail vehicle" was invented by Stefan Hans Werner Schonewolf (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorption circuit arrangement is for a traction converter of a rail vehicle. The traction converter has a first power converter, a second power converter, a DC link circuit connecting the first power converter and the second power converter with a first and a second voltage potential and a link circuit capacitance arranged in the DC link circuit. The absorption circuit arrangement is arran...