US Patent Issued to Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany on Sept. 23 for "Inverter, method for configuring an inverter, method for controlling an inverter and corresponding computer program for preventing an overheating of a DC link capacitor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,945, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH (Erlangen, Germany).

"Inverter, method for configuring an inverter, method for controlling an inverter and corresponding computer program for preventing an overheating of a DC link capacitor" was invented by Christian Herold (Erlangen, Germany) and Alexander Rambetius (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inverter having input terminals, output terminals, a DC link capacitor connected to the input terminals and configured to smooth a DC voltage present at the input terminals is disclosed. Controllable switches are connected to the DC link ...