ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,133, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to REINHAUSEN GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Converter and method for discharging a converter" was invented by Ilknur Colak (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A converter includes a controller coupled to a plurality of arms. Each arm includes cells coupled between first and second arm terminals. Each cell includes: first and second cell terminals, switching elements, and a capacitor. The switching elements selectively switch the cells between a state, in which the capacitor is connected to the cell terminals, and a second, capacitor bypass state. The cells are connected in series. The ...