US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Jan. 27 for "Power splitter based on multifunctional OBCM" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,977, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Power splitter based on multifunctional OBCM" was invented by Lei Hao (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Minh-Khai Nguyen (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An onboard charging system for an electric vehicle includes a charging port configured to receive a single-phase AC power, a power outlet configured to provide the single-phase AC power to one or more external devices, a single-phase inverter connected to the power outlet and configured to provide power splitting functionality, a DC battery selectively coupled to the charging port, a bidire...