ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,717, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Tahoe Research Ltd. (Dublin).
"Bidirectional power management techniques" was invented by Don J. Nguyen (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power management techniques are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a bidirectional voltage converter circuit, and a control module that selectively operates the bidirectional voltage converter circuit in a charging mode and a delivery mode. The charging mode converts a voltage provided by an interface (e.g., a USB interface) into a charging voltage employed by an energy storage module (e.g., a rechargeable battery). Conversely, t...