US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN on July 8 for "Traction network and method for controlling a traction network of an electric or hybrid vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,042, issued on July 8, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Traction network and method for controlling a traction network of an electric or hybrid vehicle" was invented by Sascha GlaB (Magdeburg, Germany) and Florian Quantmeyer (Wolfenbuttel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction power supply system of an electric or hybrid transportation vehicle having a high-voltage side and a low-voltage side, wherein at least one electrical machine, an inverter and a high-voltage battery are arranged on the high-voltage side, wherein the high-voltage side is connected to the low-voltage side via at least one DC-DC converter, wher...