ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,005, issued on April 1, was assigned to Moog Inc. (East Aurora, N.Y.).
"Active voltage bus system and method" was invented by Mark J. Underhill (East Aurora, N.Y.), Danielle Reni (Provo, Utah) and Raymond Druce (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage converter (110, 210) having a first bidirectional voltage line (112, 212), a second bidirectional voltage line (114, 214), a power storage element (L1) arranged between the first bidirectional voltage line and the second bidirectional voltage line, a switch element electronically coupled to the power storage element, a controller (141) for controlling the switch, and the...