US Patent Issued to SANKEN ELECTRIC on July 21 for "Active clamp flyback converter" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,299, issued on July 21, was assigned to SANKEN ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Niiza-Shi, Japan).

"Active clamp flyback converter" was invented by Shinji Aso (Niiza, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active flyback converter according to one or more embodiments may include a transformer, a first series circuit including the primary winding and a main switch connected in series at both terminals of the DC power supply, a second series circuit including a switch and a capacitor connected in series at both terminals of the primary winding, a controller that turns on and off the main switch and the switch, a rectifier smoothing circuit, and an ...