ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,751, issued on May 20, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power conversion apparatus including transformer and operable with reduced common mode noise" was invented by Taiki Nishimoto (Osaka, Japan), Noriaki Takeda (Osaka, Japan) and Naoki Sawada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion apparatus is provided with a transformer, a primary circuit, and a secondary circuit. The primary circuit is connected to a primary winding of the transformer, has a primary positive bus and a primary negative bus, and includes at least one switching element. The secondary circui...