ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,555, issued on May 26, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Electric device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Ingo Becker (Linnich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric device (1) for a motor vehicle, including a protective device (2) and at least two connection elements (5, 6), that connect at least two voltage sources (3, 4) to at least two loads (7, 8), the protective device (2) including a combination of a short-circuit protection device (10) and an electric bridge (9), the electric bridge (9) interconnecting the at least two connection elements (5, 6)."
The patent was filed on Aug. ...