ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,451, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bourns Inc. (Riverside, Calif.).
"Voltage protection circuits, devices and methods" was invented by Kelly C. Casey (Corinth, Texas) and Trunh Thanh Thomas Tran (Frisco, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective supply circuit can include an AC line configured to receive AC power, and a transient blocking unit (TBU) implemented along the AC line. The protective supply circuit can further include a circuit protection device coupled to the AC line and implemented to be parallel with a load circuit when the load circuit is connected to the circuit protection device. The circuit protection d...