US Patent Issued to Volvo Penta on Nov. 25 for "Safety circuit for an electrical traction system and method for controlling the system" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,303, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Volvo Penta Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Safety circuit for an electrical traction system and method for controlling the system" was invented by Emil Olsmo (Torslanda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety circuit for a high-voltage electrical traction system comprising a plurality of electric machines. The safety circuit comprises a primary high voltage interlock loop (HVIL) circuit configured to be connected to a battery and for each of the plurality of electric machines, a secondary high voltage interlock loop (HVIL) circuit, wherein each secondary HVIL-circuit is controlled by a co...