ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,827, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Variable frequency drive system with medium voltage input and low voltage output" was invented by Benjamin J. Sykora (Stoddard, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus includes a transformer having a set of input terminals, a first set of output terminals, and a second set of output terminals. First and second rectifiers are coupled to the first and second sets of output terminals, respectively. The transformer is configured to transform three phase alternating current (AC) provided to the...