US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Controls on April 8 for "Common-mode current sensing system and protection method for power converters" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,350, issued on April 8, was assigned to BAE Systems Controls Inc. (Endicott, N.Y.).

"Common-mode current sensing system and protection method for power converters" was invented by Robert J. Vovos (Vestal, N.Y.) and Andrew S. Clark (Binghamton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A common-mode current sensor system and method for a traction inverter of an electric hybrid vehicle. The system and method detects/reduces excess common-mode currents that can be caused by the presence of alternating current (AC)-chassis type short circuit faults at the outputs of an inverter used for driving a two or more-phased load. In an embodiment, the ...