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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,301, 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 clamp fly-back converter is disclosed that includes a main switch electrically connected to one end of the DC power supply, a primary winding electrically connected in series with the main switch, a clamp switch electrically connected in series with the main switch, a clamp capacitor electrically connected in series with the clamp switch, a controller that controls the main switch and the clamp switch. The controller turns on and off a c...