US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA on June 16 for "Self-starting bi-modal operating isolated converters" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,786, issued on June 16, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington).

"Self-starting bi-modal operating isolated converters" was invented by Chimaobi Onyeachu (Greenbelt, Md.) and Nicholas Franconi (Greenbelt, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and system for a Self-Starting Bi-Modal Operating Isolated Converter. The bootstrap issue in isolated power converters is traditionally solved by implementing a separate converter that provides isolated power to control the main converter. The instant disclosure solves the problem of bootstrapping isolated power converters by is...