ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,097, issued on May 27, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Polarity protection for a converter" was invented by Dustin E. Oelmann (Fargo, N.D.), Richard E. Wainwright (Fargo, N.D.) and Stephen P. Lind (Fargo, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polarity detector is configured to detect whether a polarity of one of the secondary direct current terminals is reversed in polarity consistent with an improper connection of a removable load or the removable direct current energy source to the secondary direct current terminals. A protection module or transient clamp comprises a protection semiconductor switch with protection ...