ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,718, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Bi-directional power converter" was invented by Abhijit Kadam (Maharashtra, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional power converter, a control unit, a charging device and a method for transferring power between an EV and a power grid are provided. The bi-directional power converter includes an isolated DC-DC converter having a first stage converting a DC voltage into a high frequency AC voltage, a second stage capable of converting a high frequency AC voltage having an amplitude V2 into the DC voltage having an amplitude of V2 or 2V2, and converting the DC volt...