US Patent Issued to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 15 for "Electrical power supply device and method of operating same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. RE51,035, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical power supply device and method of operating same" was invented by Mohamad Elghrawi (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Robert M. Voto (Clarkston, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power supply device is configured to communicate with a start-stop controller that automatically shuts down and restarts an internal combustion engine in a vehicle. The device includes a DC-DC power convertor and a device controller. The DC-DC power convertor is configured to produce a first voltage or a second voltage that is less than the firs...