ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,840, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Charging voltage converter on a vehicle, having reverse current blocking device" was invented by Franz Pfeilschifter (Munich), Martin Gotzenberger (Munich) and Manuel Brunner (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging voltage converter on a vehicle is equipped with an upstream circuit, which includes at least one working inductor. Furthermore, the converter has a switching unit, which is connected downstream of the upstream circuit. The working inductor connects a first input potential of an input of the voltage converter to the switching...