ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,967, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Vehicle electrical system for a motor vehicle, and method" was invented by Akin Candir (Filderstadt, Germany) and Urs Boehme (Ehningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle electrical system for a motor vehicle includes a high-voltage battery for providing a positive potential and a negative potential and a high voltage load. An insulation monitor monitors insulation resistances to a vehicle ground galvanically isolated from the vehicle electrical system. Between the positive potential and the vehicle ground and between the negative pote...