US Patent Issued to EDISON INNOVATIONS on Aug. 12 for "Apparatus and method for rapid charging using shared power electronics" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,260, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to EDISON INNOVATIONS LLC (Allen, Texas).

"Apparatus and method for rapid charging using shared power electronics" was invented by Robert Dean King (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first con...