ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,466, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SMA Solar Technology AG (Niestetal, Germany).
"Device and method for converting electrical energy" was invented by Marcel Kratochvil (Kassel, Germany) and Alexander Unru (Baunatal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for converting electrical power between a PV generator and an electrolyzer. The device has an inverter arranged between a first side thereof and a transformer, and an active rectifier is arranged between the transformer and a second side of the device, such that an AC side of the active rectifier and an AC side of the inverter are connected to one another via the transf...