US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Oct. 6 for "Control system for a hybrid vehicle with a dual voltage direct current bus" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,640, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Control system for a hybrid vehicle with a dual voltage direct current bus" was invented by Reginald M. Bindl (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Andrew W. Kelly (Holy Cross, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During a normal DC bus mode, the first DC node and the second DC node are configured to operate a lower voltage level on the primary direct current bus. In contrast, during a boost DC mode, the first DC node and the second DC node configured to operate a higher voltage level, which is higher than the lower voltage level, on the primary direct current bus."

The patent was f...