US Patent Issued to GE Aviation Systems on June 16 for "Power converter and method of operating" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,783, issued on June 16, was assigned to GE Aviation Systems LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Power converter and method of operating" was invented by Nezar Abou Qamar (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power converter includes a first and a second set of switching elements communicatively coupled with a first capacitor and a second capacitor. A controller is configured to cyclically command a first operation of the first set of switches to supply an electrical current to the first capacitor for a first duration, followed by a first interval to terminate the electrical current to the first capacitor. The controller is further c...