ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,595, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Double-boost DC/DC converter" was invented by Lorenzo Giuntini (Locarno, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage balancing circuit for a double-boost DC/DC converter includes a split DC-link having a first midpoint, outer directional devices and inner switches parallel-connected to the DC-link, wherein the outer directional devices are connected to capacitors of the split DC-link and to the inner switches. The inner switches are connected to each other at a second midpoint. A DC source terminal, to which a DC source is connectable in parallel ove...