US 12,438,391 B2 · Interface system for supplying and/or sinking energy

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system for sourcing and sinking power. The system may have a bi-directional system of electrical components configured for placement in electrical communication with a power source and a load. The bi- directional system may further be configured to source AC and DC power from the power source to the load and sink AC and DC power from the load to the power source. The system may further include a high frequency isolation transformer. In some embodiments, the system may have four input/output channels. The bi-directional system of electrical components may include a line filter configured to reduce harmonic content, a line converter configured for converting between AC power and DC power, a load converter configured for converting between AC power and DC power, and a load filter configured to reduce harmonic content.

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Dependent claims

An assembly comprising:

a power interface between a first power device and a second power device, said power interface operable to supply power from the first power device to the second power device in a first direction and supply power from the second power device to the first power device in a second direction, said power interface including a first power converter coupled to the first power device and a second power converter coupled to the second power device and the first power converter including one or more controllable gates operable to convert AC and DC power from the first power device to supply AC/DC power to the second power device in the first direction and the second power converter including one or more controllable gates operable to convert AC and DC power from the second power device to supply AC/DC power to the first power device in the second direction;
and
a control module coupled to the one or more controllable gates to operate the first and second power converters to supply AC/DC power from the first power device to the second power device in the first direction and supply AC/DC power from the second power device to the first power device in the second direction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Interface system for supplying and/or sinking energy

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Interface system for supplying and/or sinking energy

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Abstract

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