ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,657, issued on July 15, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"DC-DC converter" was invented by Byeong Geon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is an electric power converter that may include an integrated circuit having at least one power transistor and a snubber circuit connected in parallel to the at least one power transistor; and a selection resistor connected between a power supply voltage supplied to the integrated circuit and the snubber circuit, in which the snubber circuit includes at least two snubbers, and each of the at least two snubbers includes a resistor connecte...