ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,964, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electric power supply system for a vehicle" was invented by Damien Verdier (Toulouse, France), Jerome Lachaize (Toulouse, France) and Nicolas Leto (Tournefeuille, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power supply system for an electric or hybrid vehicle, the vehicle including an electric power supply bus, the system including: a) a DC-DC voltage converter; b) at least two power supply cells each including: i) a rectifier, ii) a battery connected to the rectifier, iii) a switching cell including switches capable of conn...