ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,499, issued on June 23, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Isolated high voltage DC/DC converter with battery current control module components for charging traction battery" was invented by Mohamed Elshaer (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive power system has a first circuit arrangement including an AC/DC power converter, a transformer, a first switching bridge connected between the AC/DC power converter and transformer, and a second switching bridge connected between a traction battery and transformer such that the first switching bridge, transformer, and second switching bridge ...