ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,378, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Fronius International GmbH (Pettenbach, Austria).
"Controlling a solar power plant" was invented by Richard Grasbock (Wels-Thalheim, Austria), Johannes Graf (Wels-Thalheim, Austria), Stefan Wieser (Wels-Thalheim, Austria) and Christian Fasthuber (Wels-Thalheim, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for optimizing a maximum power point of a solar cell stack having modules, each including an MLSD unit, and an inverter. The MLSD unit shuts down the module when module voltage falls below a first voltage threshold, and switches it on, when a predefined second voltage threshold is exceeded. For...