ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,112, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Power converter" was invented by Piniwan Thiwanka Bandara Wijekoon (Nuremberg, Germany), Sebastian Rosado (Nuremberg, Germany) and Zhaohui Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter may include: a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, and an AC terminal for coupling an AC voltage; a first controllable unidirectional switching circuit; a second controllable unidirectional switching circuit; a controllable bidirectional switching circuit; a first diode connected in a forward current direct...