ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,460, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Fronius International GmbH (Pettenbach, Austria).
"Photovoltaic system" was invented by Florian Guschlbauer (Pettenbach, Austria), Dominik Pfaffenbichler (Pettenbach, Austria) and Michael Koren (Pettenbach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic system (1) includes an inverter unit (2) adapted to convert an electrical direct current (DC) power generated by photovoltaic modules (3) into an electrical alternating current (AC) power supplied via AC lines (5), and a smart meter (8) connected to a power supply grid PSG (11). The system further include an emergency unit (6) having a cont...