ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,080, issued on June 10, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Boost converter state control" was invented by Thomas Dotson (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Ismail Agirman (Southington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are embodiments for a system and method for controlling a boost control circuit. Embodiments include a power supply and a boost converter circuit coupled to the power supply, wherein the boost converter circuit is operable to provide power to the load. Embodiments also include a 3-phase inverter coupled to the boost converter, wherein the 3-phase-inverter is operable to provide a 3-phase output, an...