ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,414, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"System and method to monitor power source connections" was invented by Howard J. Haselhuhn Jr. (Brighton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power source connection monitor in redundant power systems determines if valid connections are present to a positive and/or negative terminal of each of the power sources. A current detection integrated circuit serves as an internal tie between redundant control units creating an internal power source bus for each connection between the redundant external connections to each power source. The current detect...