ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,715, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Bidirectional isolated universal topology for high power DC-DC converters" was invented by Oleg S. Fishman (Maple Glen, Pa.), Hanan Fishman (Fort Washington, Pa.) and Michael D. Muhlbaier (Langhorne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bidirectional isolated universal topology (BIUT) high power DC-DC converter assemblies and systems balance voltages and control currents between high power DC sources and high power DC loads where at least some of the high power DC sources are alternative energy or renewable energy power supplies and high power DC loads...