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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bryan W Dishner, Roscoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ; H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323224 ; 323222 ; 363 16 ;
Abstract
A bi-directonal DC/DC converter includes a first power switch coupled to a first input/output of the converter, an energy storage element coupled to the first power switch, a second power switch coupled between the energy storage element and a second input/output of the converter and means for controlling the first and second power switches so that one of the power switches is opened while the other power switch is alternately opened and closed to transfer power from one input/output to the other input/output.