US Patent Issued to GAMESA ELECTRIC S.A. UNIPERSONAL, UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID on Feb. 17 for "Multi-cell switching power converter and control method" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,099, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GAMESA ELECTRIC S.A. UNIPERSONAL (Zamudio, Spain) and UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID (Getafe, Spain).

"Multi-cell switching power converter and control method" was invented by Jorge Jimenez Gimenez (Madrid), Antonio Lazaro Blanco (Leganes, Spain), Gonzalo Moreno Huerta (Aranjuez, Spain) and Pablo Moreno-Torres Concha (Leganes, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a multi-cell switching power converter is provided. The power converter includes converter legs connected in parallel, each converter leg including at least one converter cell that is operated in accordance wi...