US Patent Issued to UT-Battelle on Sept. 30 for "Power electronic regulator" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,713, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Power electronic regulator" was invented by Madhu Sudhan Chinthavali (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Michael Starke (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Radha Krishna Moorthy (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Steven Campbell (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hierarchical approach is provided to integrate functions and components into the various systems and subsystems within a distribution network, including standardization of modular and scalable power electronics power blocks with embedded diagnostics and prognostics."

The patent was filed on Nov. 17, 2022, under Application ...