ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,701, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HOYMILES POWER ELECTRONICS INC. (Zhejiang, China).

"Shutdown device, communication method for shutdown device, and rapid shutdown photovoltaic system" was invented by Hongbin Yu (Zhejiang, China), Shigao Zhou (Zhejiang, China), Yanwei Wu (Zhejiang, China), Yi Zhao (Zhejiang, China) and Bo Yang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shutdown device, including a first shutdown module, a second shutdown module, and a control module are disclosed. The first shutdown module includes a first switching device for controlling an output power of a first direct-current power supply coupled to ...