ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,557, issued on April 15, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Power conversion device and control method thereof" was invented by Sun Jae Yoon (Anyang-si, South Korea), Ki Woo Park (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jung Won Seo (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a power conversion device and a control method thereof and, more specifically, to a power conversion device which may protect a switching element when performing stopping of driving, and a control method thereof. A power conversion device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a...