ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,037, issued on May 19, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Charger for electric vehicle" was invented by Nobuaki Kobayashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charger for an electric vehicle includes an NPC multilevel inverter circuit that outputs a driving current to a travel motor. In at least one leg, an upper clamp is an upper switching clamp configured to perform switching operation, and a lower clamp is a lower switching clamp configured to perform switching operation. One of a pair of power lines through which electric power for charging is transmitted is coupled to a connection point of the upper switching clamp and an ...