US Patent Issued to Smart Wires on April 14 for "Grid forming over distribution grid with renewable sources and loads" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,506, issued on April 14, was assigned to Smart Wires Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Grid forming over distribution grid with renewable sources and loads" was invented by Haroon Inam (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system has grid forming capability. A connect-disconnect switch is connectable to a power transmission grid and connectable to a distribution grid that may have renewable energy generation sources and loads. A shunt inverter system comprising a 4-quadrant DC-to-AC inverter and a battery power source is connectable to the distribution grid. A controller controls the connect-disconnect switch to connect and disconn...