US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Dec. 16 for "Solid-state transformer for mitigation of common mode insults" (New Mexico, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,415, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Solid-state transformer for mitigation of common mode insults" was invented by Lee Joshua Rashkin (Albuquerque, N.M.), Timothy James Donnelly (Albuquerque, N.M.), David Wilson (Tijeras, N.M.), Ronald Craig Matthews Jr. (Albuquerque, N.M.), Steven F. Glover (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Kyle Jackson Goodrick (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) or other similar geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) has the potential to severely impact the operation of large-scale electric powe...