ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,343, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Bridgeless power factor-improving converter" was invented by Kwang Soon Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bridgeless power factor-improving converter according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a power input unit for receiving power; a first rectifying unit and a second rectifying unit for rectifying the received power; and a power factor-improving switch unit that is connected to the first rectifying unit and the second rectifying unit and improves a power factor accord...