ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,951, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Series connected DC distribution based on solid state transformer" was invented by Ilknur Colak (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the disclosure include a power system comprising a plurality of converters configured to receive DC power, the plurality of converters including a plurality of primary windings and a plurality of secondary windings, wherein each primary winding of the plurality of primary windings is coupled in series, and each secondary winding of the plurality of secondary windings is configured to be coupled...