US Patent Issued to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES on Oct. 27 for "Bidirectional on-board charger of a vehicle and method for diagnosing a function of a relay which the on-board charger comprises" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,958, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Bidirectional on-board charger of a vehicle and method for diagnosing a function of a relay which the on-board charger comprises" was invented by Sebastien Delepouve (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the invention relates to a bidirectional on-board charger 2 for a vehicle 1, comprising: a bidirectional AC-to-DC converter 8 designed to supply power to an electrical power supply socket 6 for an external electrical device; means for detecting an electrical insulation fault 9, connected to a phase line 12 ...