US Patent Issued to Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen on Sept. 16 for "Multilevel converter for voltage conversion between a three-phase AC voltage and a DC voltage" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,246, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Multilevel converter for voltage conversion between a three-phase AC voltage and a DC voltage" was invented by Manuel Kuder (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a multilevel converter (50) for voltage conversion between a three-phase AC voltage and a DC voltage, comprising three converter arms (58), each having a first end (60) for connecting to a corresponding phase of a three-phase AC voltage source (52) and a second end (62), wherein each converter arm (58) comprises a plurality of sequentially interconnected...