ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,052, issued on May 13, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Reversed power and grid support with a modular approach" was invented by Kristian Budde (Kolding, Denmark) and Flemming Johansen (Kolding, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure include a power supply system is provided comprising first and second inputs, an output, a first group of power modules coupled to the inputs and the output, a second group of power modules coupled to the inputs, and at least one controller configured to control, in a reverse mode, the first group of power modules to provide power derived from the s...