US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 5 for "Vehicular electric drive system including traction battery, inverter, and motor having self-heater arrangement" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,303, issued on May 5, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicular electric drive system including traction battery, inverter, and motor having self-heater arrangement" was invented by Baoming Ge (Okemos, Mich.) and Petros G. Taskas (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an electrified vehicle, such as a battery electric vehicle (BEV), includes an inverter connected between a battery and a motor having windings. A center-tap of the battery and a neutral-point of the windings are connected whereby the battery, the inverter, and the motor are connected in a closed circuit. The system furthe...