ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,085, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Sungrow (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Inverter, method for controlling operation mode, and inverter system" was invented by Zeyu Xiang (Hefei, China), Tinghuan Tao (Hefei, China), Fangyu Shu (Hefei, China), Shoubin Ni (Hefei, China) and Xinguang Huang (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inverter, a method for controlling an operation mode, and an inverter system are provided. The inverter includes a detection circuit and a controller. The detection circuit is configured to detect a state of an auxiliary switch in a junction box, and send the state of the auxiliary switch to the c...