ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,965, issued on May 26, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for bi-directional onboard charger for electric vehicle" was invented by Sunil Sreedhar (Westfield, Ind.), Leonard Tomaj (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Alexandre M. S. Reis (Westfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an on-board charger includes: a battery charger including: a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter connected to a power factor correction (PFC) subsystem, wherein the PFC subsystem includes one or more leaves, wherein the one or more leaves of the PFC subsystem are operable to configure the PFC su...