US Patent Issued to Hitachi Energy on July 8 for "Capacitor compensated thyristor controlled braking resistor" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,241, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd (Zurich).

"Capacitor compensated thyristor controlled braking resistor" was invented by Jon Rasmussen (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Gunnar Ingestrom (Vasteras, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (100) for stabilising a power grid (102), comprising a generator (104), configured to provide power to the power grid (102), the power having an active power component and a reactive power component, and a power line (106), configured to transmit power from the generator (104) to the power grid (102). The system (100) comprises a thyristor controlled braking resistor (TCBR) ...