ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,315, issued on May 20, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc.
"Electrical converter" was invented by David R. Trainer (Derby, Great Britain), Francisco Javier Chivite Zabalza (Stafford, Great Britain) and Mark Sweet (Chesterfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to electrical converters for use in aircraft electrical power systems and to methods of operating such electrical converters to maintain reliable operation of semiconductor components over varying cosmic radiation levels at altitude. Exemplary embodiments include an electrical converter comprising: a converter circuit having a plurality of semico...