Replies to post #138 on Ideal Power Inc (IPWR)

[tykundegex]

I'd love to hear the good doctor's opinion on the B-TRAN as a replacement for his invention.

The quote in the PR is from the B-TRAN co-inventor. But if it's true (and if this invention has a moat such as patents that prevents others from catching up as there is undoubtedly enormous focus on energy efficiency in power conversion and storage these days) then Ideal may indeed have their hardware in a gazillion devices within a few years.

Hence my question about whether the existing components can simply be swapped-out for a B-TRAN (like changing brand of spark-plugs), or whether the systems need a re-design to accommodate this new device.

Hoping for a comment on this from IR.

[tykundegex]

No doubt the whitepaper was written to solicit industry interest and peer-review / validation of this new technology. Even a single high-profile licensing deal of the B-TRAN tech to a giant like Siemens or ABB would indicate that the goose is indeed golden. I suppose that won't happen until they're out of simulation mode and into production mode though, so maybe 6-9 months out?

And all this B-TRANS talk is on top of the PPSA-based inverters, which already has a healthy looking future.

It feels good to be an investor in this company, today.

[tykundegex]

I misspoke, Dr. Blanchard only consults to IPWR and is not an employee of the company. It appears as though he was brought in as the foremost expert in his field to help IPWR's CTO Bill Alexander firm-up the design. He's a co-inventor, but the patents are all IPWR's.

https://trexpertwitness.com/wp-content/themes/trews/pdf/Blanchard-Dick.pdf

IMO Dr. Blanchard's co-inventor status and quote in the PR lend enormous credibility to the invention. I hope the patents they have around manufacturing and operation are sufficient to keep copycats at bay.

And I hope they can move to industrial-scale manufacturing rapidly ;-)