Patent ID: 9628008
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H02K,H02P

Claim:
1. A generator control unit comprising: a four-leg power bridge having an input, three output phases, and a neutral phase output, wherein the input is operably coupled with a generator direct current (DC) power output and the four-leg power bridge includes a first selectively enablable switchable element having an alternating current (AC) position that electrically de-couples the three output phases and a DC position that electrically couples the three output phases; and a controller communicatively coupled with the four-leg power bridge and configured to operate the four-leg power bridge as at least one of a DC-to-DC power converter or a DC-to-AC power inverter; wherein the generator control unit is selectably operable in an AC operating mode when the first selectively enablable switchable element is in the AC position and the controller operably controls the four-leg power bridge as a DC-to-AC power inverter, and operable in a DC operating mode when the first selectively enablable switchable element is in the DC position and the controller operably controls the four-leg power bridge as a DC-to-DC power converter.