US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 16 for "Vehicle charging using a multi-functional inverter system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,727, issued on June 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle charging using a multi-functional inverter system" was invented by Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.), Rashmi Prasad (Troy, Mich.), Goro Tamai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Minh-Khai Nguyen (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system of a vehicle includes an inverter of a propulsion system, the inverter connected to an electric motor and a battery system of the vehicle, and a switching assembly including a plurality of switches. The charging system also includes a controller configured to control the switching assembly to ...