US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on July 28 for "Asymmetric power converter for improved efficiency and operation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,370, issued on July 28, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Asymmetric power converter for improved efficiency and operation" was invented by Lixiang Wei (Irvine, Calif.), Yang Liu (Irvine, Calif.), Steven Schulz (Torrance, Calif.) and Silva Hiti (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for operating an asymmetric power converter for improved efficiency, service life, and operation are provided herein. In some embodiments, the system includes a power electronics module (PEM) configured to convert between alternating current (AC) power and direct current (DC) power. The power elec...