ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,994, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).

"Pulse charging of a capacitor" was invented by Ian Anthony Moore (Chelmsford, Great Britain), Michael James Parker (Chelmsford, Great Britain), Daniel James Scott (Chelmsford, Great Britain) and Stuart James Toms (Chelmsford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an apparatus for pulse charging of a load capacitor, the apparatus comprising: a ferrous cored transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a primary circuit connected to the primary winding; a secondary circuit connected to the secondary winding, the secondary circui...