US Patent Issued to Volvo Car on June 3 for "Pre-charging using an on-board charger and electric-vehicle high-voltage architecture" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,162, issued on June 3, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Pre-charging using an on-board charger and electric-vehicle high-voltage architecture" was invented by Arsam Golriz (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Narendar Rao Gannamaneni (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle pre-charging circuit is provided. In one or more embodiments, the electric vehicle pre-charging circuit can comprise a first contactor located on a positive bus between a load and a battery. In various embodiments, the electric vehicle pre-charging circuit can comprise a second contactor located on a negative bus between the ...