ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,136, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to DeepDrive GmbH (Garching bei Munich, Germany).

"Three-level or multi-level inverter circuit, electric drive system and method" was invented by Alexander Rosen (Osnabrueck, Germany), Christopher Roemmelmayer (Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany) and Maximilian Habersbrunner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-level or multi-level inverter circuit for activation of a multiphase electric machine for an electric drive system, with two supply connections couplable to first and second supply potential of voltage supplies, a load output comprising a load output connection for each phase of the elect...