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Rick West
Also filed as: WEST RICK
12 granted patents·1 pending application·1,017 citations·filing 1988–2021
93Inventor score
Files withXANTREX TECHNOLOGY INC5DISTRIBUTED POWER INC3WEST RICK2GALLOWAY RICHARD1UTILITY POWER GROUP1
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13 records- 0198US7319313B2Photovoltaic DC-to-AC power converter and control methodXANTREX TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 15, 2008·247 cites·8 claims
- 0297US7463500B2Monopolar DC to bipolar DC to AC converterXANTREX TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 9, 2008·232 cites·6 claims
- 0396US7521914B2Photovoltaic DC-to-AC power converter and control methodXANTREX TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 21, 2009·83 cites·7 claims
- 0496US4868379APhotovoltaic array with two-axis power maximization trackingUTILITY POWER GROUP·Filed 1988·Granted Sep 19, 1989·279 cites·4 claims
- 0594US7710752B2Transformerless utility-grid-interactive inverterXANTREX TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 4, 2010·62 cites·6 claims
- 0690US7102251B2Bi-directional multi-port inverter with high frequency link transformerDISTRIBUTED POWER INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 5, 2006·90 cites·1 claims
- 0771US8482893B2Integrated photovoltaic source circuit combiner and protection subsystemWEST RICK·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 9, 2013·3 cites·20 claims
- 0865US7248093B2Bipolar bootstrap top switch gate drive for half-bridge semiconductor power topologiesDISTRIBUTED POWER INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 24, 2007·12 cites·9 claims
- 0956US7646275B2Device and method for eliminating transformer excitation lossesXANTREX TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 12, 2010·8 cites·12 claims
- 1049US12298157B2Monitoring device, monitoring arrangement and monitoring method for monitoring a screw joint of an objectWEIDMUELLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2021·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 1146US9106087B2Device and method for eliminating transformer excitation lossesWEST RICK·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 11, 2015·0 cites·11 claims
- 1244US7931202B2Electronic business and information cardGALLOWAY RICHARD·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 26, 2011·1 cites·12 claims
- 1333US2006034103A1Utility grid-interactive power converter with ripple current cancellation using skewed switching techniquesDISTRIBUTED POWER INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
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