ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,150, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Dual active bridge converter with deadtime compensation reducing heat for varying loads" was invented by Yuheng Wu (Fargo, N.D.), Tianjun Fu (West Fargo, N.D.), Long Wu (Fargo, N.D.), Dustin W. Oelmann (Fargo, N.D.) and Richard E. Wainwright (West Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic controller is configured to provide control signals to the control terminals of the semiconductor switches of the primary converter and the secondary converter based on a commanded current or target output current; the electronic controller is configured to adjus...