US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Feb. 17 for "Power converter apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,105, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power converter apparatus" was invented by Kiyoshi Aizawa (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a power converter apparatus, a control unit can perform cyclical control that cyclically repeats switching control that switches operations between a third operation, a first operation, the third operation, and a second operation in that order. The control unit performs at least first control, in which a third switching element is swit...