ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,928, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power conversion apparatus and power conversion system" was invented by Naoyuki Ishibashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion apparatus includes: a first power terminal; a first arm including a first switching device between a first coupling terminal and a first node, a second switching device between the first node and a second node, and a third switching device between the second node and a second coupling terminal; a second arm including a fourth switching device between the first coupling terminal and a third node, a fifth switching device between th...