ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,344, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Scalable and portable AC/DC substation" was invented by Igor Strashny (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular and scalable AC/DC substation transforms AC voltage to DC voltage for driving a high-voltage and high-current load, such as a heavy work machine. Sized to fit within a standard high-cube ISO shipping container, the substation includes a main transformer attached at a center of a rectangular base with a pair of controlled rectifiers positioned on the base downstream from the main transformer, aligned parallel to a lateral axis of the base, ...