ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,521, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Power apparatus applied in solid state transformer structure and three-phase power system having the same" was invented by Sheng-Hua Li (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Wen-Lung Huang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power apparatus applied in a solid state transformer structure includes an AC-to-DC conversion unit, a first DC bus, and a plurality of bi-directional DC conversion units. First sides of the bi-directional DC conversion units are coupled to the first DC bus. Second sides of the bi-directional DC conversion units are configured to for...