ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,994, issued on July 29, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).

"Constant power buck-boost power converter and methods" was invented by Kevin Tomas Manez (Villach, Austria) and Juan Miquel Martinez Sanchez (Villach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus as discussed herein can be configured to include a first bridge circuit operative to receive an input voltage supplied by an input voltage source. An inductor in the apparatus also receives the input voltage. The apparatus can be configured to include a second bridge circuit. The inductor provides coupling of the input voltage source to the s...