US Patent Issued to HITACHI on Oct. 6 for "Power conversion system and flight vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,924, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).

"Power conversion system and flight vehicle" was invented by Hangxian Gao (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Kamizuma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion system incorporated in a flight vehicle includes a power converter having a semiconductor element stored therein. An energy storage is disposed above the power converter in the vertical direction, the energy storage storing a solid or liquid energy source containing a neutron attenuating material. The power converter is provided with a movable mechanism that moves to shift in position according to a tilt of the flight...