ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,646, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Partial power converter" was invented by Yong Dae Kwon (Nuremberg, Germany), Piniwan Thiwanka Bandara Wijekoon (Nuremberg, Germany), Francisco Daniel Freijedo Fernandez (Nuremberg, Germany), Emanuel Vallarella (Nuremberg, Germany) and Roland Huempfner (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology of this application relates to a partial power converter that is configured to be connected to at least one photovoltaic panel as inputs and a direct current output bus, the at least one photovoltaic panel generating a direct current...