ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,554, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inverter, parallel inverter system, and method of controlling inverter" was invented by Naoki Ayai (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inverter according to the present disclosure is an inverter connected in parallel to an alternating-current circuit to which an alternating-current power source is connected, and configured to provide an independent output to the alternating-current circuit. The inverter includes a power converter configured to convert a direct-current power into an alternating-current power to supply power to the alte...