ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,245, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Denver).

"Over-energy protection for a power supply" was invented by Robert Ryan (Cork, Ireland), Mark Corpuz (Cork, Ireland), Andrejs Gasilovs (Midleton, Ireland) and Jack William Bermingham (Kinsale, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy delivery system comprises a power supply configured to generate a pulsed output voltage and a pulsed output current, and an over-energy protection (OEP) circuit coupled to the power supply. The OEP circuit senses the output current of the power supply and generates a sensed current signal, generates a charge-deliver...