ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,702, issued on May 13, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Galvanically coupling DC-to-DC converter and vehicle electrical system" was invented by Martin Gotzenberger (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Franz Pfeilschifter (Wenzenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A galvanically coupling DC-to-DC converter has a first side and a second side. The first side has a first potential and a second potential. The DC-to-DC converter has a first, a second and a third transistor. The transistors are connected in a series circuit via a first and a second connecting point and are connected between the potentials of t...