ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,854, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Falcon Power LLC (Titusville, Fla.).

"Cascade MosFet design for variable torque generator/motor gear switching" was invented by Harley C. McDonald (Merritt Island, Fla.), James L. Bailey (Titusville, Fla.) and Matthew C. McDonald (Merritt Island, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cascade MosFet circuit design for variable gear switching using pulse width modulation (PWM) between electronic gears to achieve a smooth transition is disclosed. In an embodiment, in the system, there can be three separate stages of two or more switches from very low amperage to hundreds of amps that can be automa...