ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,169, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Direct current/direct current converter and control method thereof" was invented by Heo Kyoung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Da Ul Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, provided is a direct current/direct current converter comprising: a first switch unit located between a direct current link capacitor and a bridge circuit unit; a second switch unit connected in parallel with the first switch unit; a sensing unit for sensing a voltage across both ends of an inverter and a ...