ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,424, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Power conversion device" was invented by Kaoru Kouketsu (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion device is applicable to a power supply system including a first battery and a second battery having a rated voltage different from a rated voltage of the first battery. The power conversion device includes a charging circuit configured to convert AC power input from an AC power supply into DC power and charge the first battery with the DC power, a voltage converter configured to convert a power supply voltage of the first battery and outputs the ...