ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,539, issued on Dec. 16.

"Solar A/C direct motor drive" was invented by James Tomlinson (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device comprising: a high voltage DC power storage system; a variable frequency drive comprising DC terminals, a variable frequency inverter, and a variable drive output, wherein said high voltage DC power source is direct fed to said DC terminals; and an AC motor connected to said variable drive output."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2016, under Application No. 15/001,236.

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