US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on May 20 for "Circuit arrangement for decoupling a rechargeable battery of an inverter" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,651, issued on May 20, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Circuit arrangement for decoupling a rechargeable battery of an inverter" was invented by Fabian Hohmann (Hofbieber, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit arrangement for decoupling a rechargeable battery from a DC link of an inverter in the event of a fault is arranged in a pole line between the battery and the DC link. Each pole line is formed from a first path having a first power semiconductor that is low-voltage or low-resistance and a mechanical switching element connected in series therewith, and a second path connected in para...