US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Photovoltaic power optimizer with overvoltage protection control and rapid shutdown device" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,699, issued on June 16.

"Photovoltaic power optimizer with overvoltage protection control and rapid shutdown device" was invented by Reza Hesaraki (Montreal, Canada), Ernest Montllo Casabayo (Alma, Canada), Hafis Kolapo Umar-Lawal (Montreal, Canada) and Christophe Wauthy (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses enabling the optimizer of a PV system comprising a DC bus in a series-loop configuration to reliably select, use and control of the MPPT mode vs. the limited power mode vs. rapid shutdown mode when connected in a series-loop circuit to ensure the desired DC bus requirements are met and maintaine...