ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,955, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Measuring apparatus for measuring a voltage over an isolation barrier and household appliance having the meauring apparatus" was invented by Florian Schmid (Wenzenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring apparatus ascertains measurement information relating to an input voltage. The measuring apparatus contains an operational amplifier having first and second inputs, and an output for providing the measurement information. The measuring apparatus further has a first input node for coupling to a first pole of the input voltage, and a first isolation ...