ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,108, issued on May 27, was assigned to C.T.I. Traffic Industries Co. Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Hybrid power supply system and method of extending power supply time of secondary battery thereof" was invented by Fang-Che Wu (Tainan, Taiwan) and Chun-Hsiung Chen (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid power supply system and a method for extending a power supply time of a secondary battery thereof are provided. The method comprises: a detection unit detecting the magnitude of a load and outputting it to a control unit; wherein when a mains electricity is normal during peak hours, an initial alternating current from the mai...