US Patent Issued to Atmospheric Plasma Solutions on May 13 for "Asymmetrical ballast transformer" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,486, issued on May 13, was assigned to Atmospheric Plasma Solutions Inc. (Cary, N.C.).

"Asymmetrical ballast transformer" was invented by Peter J. Yancey (Cary, N.C.) and Terrence E. Rogers (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ballast transformer and system using the ballast transformer to couple power to a plasma load. The ballast transformer has a magnetic core, a first primary winding on a primary side of the magnetic core, a secondary winding on a secondary side of the magnetic core, and a second primary winding connected in series with the first primary winding and wound in proximity to the secondary winding on the sec...