ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,709, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ASIAN POWER DEVICES INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Multi-input power system" was invented by Tsung-Liang Hung (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-input power system receives at least two input power sources, and includes at least two filter-rectification circuits, a switching switch, a boost power factor correction circuit, a DC-to-DC conversion circuit, a determination circuit, and a switch control circuit. The at least two filter-rectification circuits correspondingly convert the at least two input power sources into at least two rectified voltages. The switching switch switches o...