ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,136, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas).

"Multiple port bidirectional power conversion circuit" was invented by King Man Siu (Dallas) and Wu Di (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a circuit includes a first power converter cell and a second power converter cell. The first power converter cell has a first bidirectional interface. The first power converter cell is configured to switch power from the first bidirectional interface to a second bidirectional interface in a first operation mode. The second power converter cell has a third bidirectional interface. The second power conve...