US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 20 for "Power module for a converter with improved field shielding of signal pins" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,425, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Power module for a converter with improved field shielding of signal pins" was invented by Kevin Bohm (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Martin Mader (Biberach, Germany), Ruben Barenweiler (Markdorf, Germany) and Ivonne Trenz (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module for a converter for use in an at least partly electrified vehicle has at least one power switch which can be switched for converting an input current into an output current, a plurality of power terminals which are electrically connected to current electrodes...