US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Jan. 20 for "System and method for reducing energy loss from multiple inverters utilizing a shared DC bus" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,496, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"System and method for reducing energy loss from multiple inverters utilizing a shared DC bus" was invented by Jonathan D. Hoffman (Milwaukee) and Adam M. Shea (Fox Point, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for reducing energy loss in a multiple inverter system provides a DC voltage to multiple inverters via a shared DC bus. Each inverter is configured to control operation of a motor operatively connected to a corresponding inverter. An amplitude of the DC voltage present on the DC bus is monitored, and each in...