ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,373, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Switchable bidirectional power converter with single power factor correction circuit and on board charger therewith" was invented by Ameer Janabi (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Rohit Baranwal (Oak Park, Mich.), Zhe Zhang (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Devendra Ramesh Patil (Oak Park, Mich.), Guangqi Zhu (Pewaukee, Wis.), Salwan S. Sabry (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Matthew Jones (Waterford, Mich.), Lewei Qian (Novi, Mich.), Saeed J. Siavoshani (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Daniel Robert Ouwenga (Portage, Mich.) and Brian Mckay (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office...