ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,866, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE (Santiago, Chile).

"Multi-port power converter and associated system and use" was invented by Javier Eduardo Pereda Torres (Santiago, Chile) and Sebastian Felipe Neira Castillo (Santiago, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a multi-port power converter and a power conversion system that implements the power converter of the invention to connect at least two elements in direct current (DC) with at least one element in alternating current (AC) using a single simultaneous conversion stage. Furthermore, the invention relates to the ...