US Patent Issued to Velocity Magnetics on April 14 for "Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) rectifier for charging ultra-capacitors" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,586, issued on April 14, was assigned to Velocity Magnetics Inc. (New Castle, Pa.).

"Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) rectifier for charging ultra-capacitors" was invented by Domenic P. Marzano (New Castle, Pa.), Alex R. Rugh (New Castle, Pa.) and Joseph L. Hake (New Castle, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system for an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) rectifier for charging ultra-capacitors. The system may include a power converter, which may receive power from a power source. A direct current (DC) bus may be connected to the power converter and may receive power from the power converter. At least o...