US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Sept. 1 for "Method and device for detecting a short circuit of a semiconductor switch element in an inverter for energizing an electric drive in an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle; inverter comprising such a device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,088, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Method and device for detecting a short circuit of a semiconductor switch element in an inverter for energizing an electric drive in an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle; inverter comprising such a device" was invented by Johannes Hager (Marktleugast, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a short circuit of a semiconductor switch element in an inverter comprises comprising a plurality of semiconductor switch elements forming a high side and a low side, wherein the high and low sides comprise respective semiconductor swi...