US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS on Feb. 10 for "Control apparatus and power conversion apparatus in photovoltaic system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,996, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control apparatus and power conversion apparatus in photovoltaic system" was invented by Alperen Mustafa Colak (Tokyo) and Yoshihiro Tawada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus including a first operation control circuit configured to open a direct-current switch when a power conversion apparatus is in a waiting state and a first direct-current voltage value is greater than a predetermined first threshold, a clocking circuit configured to, when the direct-current switch is opened, clock an elapsed time after the...