ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,653, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for controlling a charging device" was invented by Karsten Haehre (Reinbek, Germany) and Christian Metzger (Tamm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for controlling a charging device (1) for charging energy stores (2). A charging electronics system (6) has a power electronics system (7). A cooling device (9) has at least one first temperature sensor (12) for ascertaining the temperature of a barrier layer of a power semiconductor in the power electronics system (7), at least one second temperature sensor (13, 14) f...