System, method, and apparatus for multi-port power converter and inverter assembly

US11658477B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Intelligent Power Limited · IE

Inventors

• Martin Wayne Mensch · Royal Oak, US
• Brandon William Fisher · Portland, US
• Robert Stephen Douglass · Wildwood, US
• Austin Robert Zurface · Dowling, US
• Jeff Howard Urian · Troy, US
• James David · Portage, US
• Bharath Suda · Munich, DE
• Asheesh Soni · Bonn, DE
• Karsten Gerving · Bonn, DE
• Guido Völlmar · Cologne, DE
• Gerd Schmitz · Niederkassel, DE
• Christoph Bausch · Bonn, DE
• Ute Molitor · Bonn, DE
• Lutz Friedrichsen · Cologne, DE
• Kai Schroeder · Niederkassel, DE
• Julia Otte · Cologne, DE
• Madeline Philipsohn · Eitorf, DE
• Norbert Roesner · Sankt Augustin, DE
• Volker Lang · Gauting, DE
• Johannes Meissner · Bonn, DE
• Paolo D'amico · Pescara, IT
• Jalpa Shah · Woodbury, US
• Meng Wang · Tanggu, CN
• Damrongrit Piyabongkarn · Plymouth, US
• Niles Stephen Ramseyer · Portland, US
• Dennis Dukaric · Oregon City, US
• Matt Haylock · Oregon City, US
• Justin Keith Griffiths · Clarkston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2021
• Grant date: May 23, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/16
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-port power converter includes a housing that includes a plurality of ports structured to electrically interface to a plurality of loads, the plurality of loads having distinct electrical characteristics. The multi-port power converter also includes a plurality of solid state components configured to provide selected electrical power outputs and to accept selected electrical power inputs and a plurality of solid state switches configured to provide selected connectivity between the plurality of solid state components and the plurality of ports.