ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,386, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).
"Circuit unit and method for controlling load currents" was invented by Thomas Keup (Burgdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a circuit unit for controlling load currents of an electrical load, comprising a circuit logic, at least n switch elements with nless than=2, resistance elements with mless than=1, wherein the resistance elements can be bridged by means of the switch elements, wherein the circuit logic is designed such that it increases the load current in steps to a final value by means of an activation sequence of the...