Patents Assigned to Betrex Corporation
  • Patent number: 8143856
    Abstract: A bi-directional inverter-charger including a bridge rectifier and DC-to-DC conversion components. The inverter-charger may be connected between an alternating current source, e.g., an AC line, and a direct current source, e.g., a battery pack. The DC-to-DC conversion components may include boost and buck circuits that are switchably configured between a charge mode and an inverter mode such that common components are used in both charge and inverter configurations. In the charge configuration, a full wave rectified signal from the H-bridge is up converted by the boost circuit, and the buck circuit controls charge current to the direct current source. In the inverter configuration, the boost circuit up converts the direct current voltage source, and the buck circuit controls the current and its form to the bridge circuit so that the bridge circuit may be connected directly with the AC source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Betrex Corporation
    Inventors: Davide Andrea, Robert D. Emmerich