ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,150, issued on May 27, was assigned to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China).

"Charge systems with a bi-directional linear charger and associated operating methods" was invented by Min Xu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge system having a bi-directional linear charger is provided, The charge system is used to provide interrupted power to a load, The charger system has an input interface for receiving a supply voltage, an output interface for outputting a system voltage to the load, a DC/DC voltage regulator coupled between the input interface and the output interface, a charging electrical p...