US Patent Issued to Lian Zheng Electronics (Shenzhen) on Feb. 17 for "Power factor correction and direct current (DC)-DC multiplexing converters" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,083, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Lian Zheng Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Power factor correction and direct current (DC)-DC multiplexing converters" was invented by Yusong Ding (Shenzhen, China), Kai Liu (Shenzhen, China) and Zhongyong Xu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power factor correction and direct current (DC)-DC multiplexing converter is provided. One end of an inductor is selectively connected to a mains supply or a positive electrode of a battery. A first rectifier bridge arm with a first intermediate node and a second rectifier bridge arm with a second intermediate node are s...