US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 8 for "AC/DC substation configurable between charging and powering modes" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,735, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"AC/DC substation configurable between charging and powering modes" was invented by Igor Strashny (Tucson, Ariz.), Zeljko Jankovic (Mequon, Wis.), Bharadwaj Kaka (Bengaluru, India) and Qing Ye (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical substation that transforms AC voltage to DC voltage is configurable between a current-source mode for charging batteries of a stationary work machine and a voltage-source mode for powering motors of a moving work machine. The substation receives medium-voltage AC power from a grid and includes a pair of DC power con...