ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,549, issued on March 18, was assigned to Smart Wires Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"High current Voltage-Source Converter" was invented by Shreesha Adiga Manoor (Milpitas, Calif.), Govind Chavan (Union City, Calif.), Mahsa Ghapandar Kashani (Millbrae, Calif.) and Antonio Ginart (Santa Clarita, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage source converter may be coupled to a transmission line. The voltage source converter has two or more inverter valve units. Each inverter valve unit has a full H bridge of switching devices and a capacitor. Paralleling conductor pairs connect the inverter valve units in parallel, in a self-balancing circui...