US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Controls on June 10 for "AC busbar for current sharing between parallelly connected semiconductor switching pairs" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,991, issued on June 10, was assigned to BAE Systems Controls Inc. (Endicott, N.Y.).

"AC busbar for current sharing between parallelly connected semiconductor switching pairs" was invented by Robert J. Vovos (Vestal, N.Y.), Arthur P. Lyons (Maine, N.Y.) and Stephen L. Homan (Endicott, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An AC busbar for connecting at least three phases from a semiconductor switching unit to a load is provided. The AC busbar parallelly connects the at least three phases and provides current balancing. The AC busbar has a terminal-side conductor mechanically connectable to each AC terminal of the semiconductor switching...