ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,315, issued on June 10, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Traction network for a motor vehicle" was invented by Rudiger Kusch (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a traction network for a motor vehicle, wherein the traction network comprises at least one high-voltage battery, an inverter, an electric machine, a DC charging terminal, and an AC charging terminal, wherein a rectifier and a DC/DC converter are arranged between the AC charging terminal and the high-voltage battery, wherein a DC/DC converter is arranged between the high-voltage battery and the inverter."

The pa...