US Patent Issued to KOMATSU AMERICA on Aug. 11 for "2-level buck-boost DC-to-DC converters with virtual grounds" (Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,536, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KOMATSU AMERICA CORP. (Chicago).

"2-level buck-boost DC-to-DC converters with virtual grounds" was invented by Gerald Murray Brown (Cedarville, Ohio), Hossein Dehnavifard (Pittsburgh) and Muhammad Barkat Saifee (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conversion circuit is disclosed and includes a DC link, a first DC-to-DC converter, an inverter and a second inverter. The DC link includes DC link rails. The first DC-to-DC converter includes a first phase leg and a second phase leg. The first reactor is connected between a first center terminal of the first phase leg and at least one energ...