ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,046, issued on June 2, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Power converter circuit and semiconductor module" was invented by Seiki Igarashi (Saitama-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter circuit includes: a first switching device connected to a first line on a positive voltage side; a first diode having a cathode connected to the first switching device and an anode connected to a second line on a negative voltage side; a second diode having a cathode connected to the first line; a second switching device connected to an anode of the second diode and the second line; a first coil and a seco...