ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,590, issued on April 15, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Synthetic generator synchronization" was invented by Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar (Pullman, Wash.) and Angad Sandhu (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure contemplates a method for synchronizing a large number of generators on an AC bus by synchronizing each generator's output to a nominal output that is generated from a common external source. For example, each generator, using a high speed communication signal, can synchronize to a nominal output provided by a master generator, or centralized command module. In another example, ea...