ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,239, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Heating device and control method thereof" was invented by Thiam-Wee Tan (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Cheng-Chung Li (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chun Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yu-Min Meng (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes a first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a coil and a controller. The first and second switch are coupled in series at a first node, and are coupled with the first capacitor in parallel. The second capacitor is coupled to the first switch. The third capacitor is ...