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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Ajay V. Patwardhan, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas K. Maly, Jefferson, MA (US);
Fred Flett, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sayeed Ahmed, Canton, MI (US);
Pablo Rodriguez, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kanghua Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Gerardo Jimenez, Southgate, MI (US);
Ajay V. Patwardhan, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas K. Maly, Jefferson, MA (US);
Fred Flett, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sayeed Ahmed, Canton, MI (US);
Pablo Rodriguez, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kanghua Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Gerardo Jimenez, Southgate, MI (US);
Ballard Power Systems Corporation, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A power converter comprising a DC/AC bridge circuit electrically coupled between positive and negative DC bus terminals and a set of phase terminals, a DC/DC bridge circuit electrically coupled to the positive and negative DC bus terminals and a set of DC bridge terminals. The power converter may be configured to control the transfer of power to and/or from the DC bridge terminals and to control the transfer of power to and/or from the AC phase terminals.