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Highly stable maximum power point tracking for bipolar photovoltaic...
Patent number
9,595,830
Issue date
Mar 14, 2017
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Medium voltage power transmission line alternative
Patent number
9,306,414
Issue date
Apr 5, 2016
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Parallelable three-phase photovoltaic power converter
Patent number
9,209,626
Issue date
Dec 8, 2015
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Very high efficiency uninterruptible power supply
Patent number
9,203,323
Issue date
Dec 1, 2015
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic inverter with swinging line filter inductors
Patent number
9,160,173
Issue date
Oct 13, 2015
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Device and method for eliminating transformer excitation losses
Patent number
9,106,087
Issue date
Aug 11, 2015
Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Bipolar DC to AC power converter with DC ground fault interrupt
Patent number
8,760,826
Issue date
Jun 24, 2014
Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.
Richard T. West
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic string sub-combiner
Patent number
8,723,370
Issue date
May 13, 2014
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic switchgear with sacrificial fuse
Patent number
8,724,266
Issue date
May 13, 2014
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
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Patent Grant
Geo-cooled photovoltaic power converter
Patent number
8,648,249
Issue date
Feb 11, 2014
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic power system with distributed photovoltaic string to p...
Patent number
8,648,498
Issue date
Feb 11, 2014
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic bipolar to monopolar source circuit converter with fre...
Patent number
8,643,985
Issue date
Feb 4, 2014
Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.
Richard T. West
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Patent Grant
Bipolar photovoltaic array grounding apparatus and method
Patent number
8,643,986
Issue date
Feb 4, 2014
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Patent Grant
Renewable one-time load break contactor
Patent number
8,619,396
Issue date
Dec 31, 2013
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
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Integrated photovoltaic source circuit combiner and protection subs...
Patent number
8,482,893
Issue date
Jul 9, 2013
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Bipolar DC to AC power converter with DC ground fault interrupt
Patent number
8,467,160
Issue date
Jun 18, 2013
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Richard T. West
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Patent Grant
Semiconductor assisted DC load break contactor
Patent number
8,350,414
Issue date
Jan 8, 2013
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Richard T. West
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Patent Grant
Centralized islanding protection for distributed renewable energy g...
Patent number
8,310,105
Issue date
Nov 13, 2012
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Power converter with linear distribution of heat sources
Patent number
8,295,049
Issue date
Oct 23, 2012
Renewable Power Conversion, Inc.
Richard Travis West
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Patent Grant
Device and method for eliminating transformer excitation losses
Patent number
8,058,958
Issue date
Nov 15, 2011
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Richard T. West
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Patent Grant
DC to AC inverter with single-switch bipolar boost circuit
Patent number
RE42039
Issue date
Jan 18, 2011
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Richard T. West
363 - Electric power conversion systems
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Transformerless utility-grid-interactive inverter
Patent number
7,710,752
Issue date
May 4, 2010
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Device and method for eliminating transformer excitation losses
Patent number
7,646,275
Issue date
Jan 12, 2010
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic DC-to-AC power converter and control method
Patent number
7,521,914
Issue date
Apr 21, 2009
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Arthur F. Dickerson
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Monopolar DC to bipolar DC to AC converter
Patent number
7,463,500
Issue date
Dec 9, 2008
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Photovoltaic DC-to-AC power converter and control method
Patent number
7,319,313
Issue date
Jan 15, 2008
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Arthur F. Dickerson
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Bipolar bootstrap top switch gate drive for half-bridge semiconduct...
Patent number
7,248,093
Issue date
Jul 24, 2007
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
High power density insulated metal substrate based power converter...
Patent number
7,248,483
Issue date
Jul 24, 2007
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Richard T. West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
Bi-directional multi-port inverter with high frequency link transfo...
Patent number
7,102,251
Issue date
Sep 5, 2006
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Grant
DC to AC inverter with single-switch bipolar boost circuit
Patent number
7,099,169
Issue date
Aug 29, 2006
Distributed Power, Inc.
Richard T. West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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GRID-TIED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC GRID POWER S...
Publication number
20170141577
Publication date
May 18, 2017
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
HIGHLY STABLE MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING FOR BIPOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC...
Publication number
20150016168
Publication date
Jan 15, 2015
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTER WITH SWINGING LINE FILTER INDUCTORS
Publication number
20150016162
Publication date
Jan 15, 2015
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
MEDIUM VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINE ALTERNATIVE
Publication number
20150001928
Publication date
Jan 1, 2015
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
PARALLELABLE THREE-PHASE PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER CONVERTER
Publication number
20140376293
Publication date
Dec 25, 2014
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
GEO-COOLED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER CONVERTER
Publication number
20140041709
Publication date
Feb 13, 2014
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
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Patent Application
PHOTOVOLTAIC SWITCHGEAR WITH SACRIFICIAL FUSE
Publication number
20140034613
Publication date
Feb 6, 2014
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
BIPOLAR DC TO AC POWER CONVERTER WITH DC GROUND FAULT INTERRUPT
Publication number
20130223113
Publication date
Aug 29, 2013
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Richard T. West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
RENEWABLE ONE-TIME LOAD BREAK CONTACTOR
Publication number
20120133477
Publication date
May 31, 2012
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SOURCE CIRCUIT COMBINER AND PROTECTION SUBS...
Publication number
20120074787
Publication date
Mar 29, 2012
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Rick West
Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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Patent Application
SEMICONDUCTOR ASSISTED DC LOAD BREAK CONTACTOR
Publication number
20120038227
Publication date
Feb 16, 2012
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Richard T. West
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
BIPOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY GROUNDING APPARATUS AND METHOD
Publication number
20120039003
Publication date
Feb 16, 2012
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Patent Application
VERY HIGH EFFICIENCY UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
Publication number
20120025609
Publication date
Feb 2, 2012
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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Patent Application
POWER CONVERTER WITH LINEAR DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT SOURCES
Publication number
20120026770
Publication date
Feb 2, 2012
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
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Patent Application
PHOTOVOLTAIC BIPOLAR TO MONOPOLAR SOURCE CIRCUIT CONVERTER WITH FRE...
Publication number
20120019964
Publication date
Jan 26, 2012
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Richard T. West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING TRANSFORMER EXCITATION LOSSES
Publication number
20120019963
Publication date
Jan 26, 2012
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Rick West
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
PHOTOVOLTAIC STRING SUB-COMBINER
Publication number
20110308833
Publication date
Dec 22, 2011
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Patent Application
CENTRALIZED ISLANDING PROTECTION FOR DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE ENERGY G...
Publication number
20110309690
Publication date
Dec 22, 2011
RENEWABLE POWER CONVERSION, INC.
Richard Travis West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Patent Application
Device And Method For Eliminating Transformer Excitation Losses
Publication number
20100109431
Publication date
May 6, 2010
Xantrex Technology Inc.
Rick West
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
BIPOLAR DC TO AC POWER CONVERTER WITH DC GROUND FAULT INTERRUPT
Publication number
20100110742
Publication date
May 6, 2010
Richard T. West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Patent Application
Photovoltaic DC-to-AC power converter and control method
Publication number
20080106921
Publication date
May 8, 2008
Xantrex Technology, Inc.
Arthur F. Dickerson
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information
Patent Application
MONOPOLAR DC TO BIPOLAR DC TO AC CONVERTER
Publication number
20080037305
Publication date
Feb 14, 2008
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information
Patent Application
Transformerless Utility-Grid-Interactive Inverter
Publication number
20070273338
Publication date
Nov 29, 2007
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information
Patent Application
PHOTOVOLTAIC DC-TO-AC POWER CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD
Publication number
20070035975
Publication date
Feb 15, 2007
Distributed Power, Inc.
Arthur F. Dickerson
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information
Patent Application
High power density insulated metal substrate based power converter...
Publication number
20060039127
Publication date
Feb 23, 2006
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Patent Application
Utility grid-interactive power converter with ripple current cancel...
Publication number
20060034103
Publication date
Feb 16, 2006
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Patent Application
Bipolar bootstrap top switch gate drive for half-bridge semiconduct...
Publication number
20060034107
Publication date
Feb 16, 2006
Distributed Power, Inc.
Rick West
H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Patent Application
BI-DIRECTIONAL MULTI-PORT INVERTER WITH HIGH FREQUENCY LINK TRANSFO...
Publication number
20050040711
Publication date
Feb 24, 2005
Rick West
Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information
Patent Application
Device and method for eliminating transformer excitation losses
Publication number
20040246085
Publication date
Dec 9, 2004
Rick West
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
POWER CONVERTER WITH RIPPLE CURRENT CANCELLATION USING SKEWED SWITC...
Publication number
20040223348
Publication date
Nov 11, 2004
Richard T. West
H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER