ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,989, issued on July 29, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Switching control circuit and power supply circuit" was invented by Ryuunosuke Araumi (Hino, Japan) and Ryuji Yamada (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching control circuit for a power supply circuit that includes an inductor configured to receive a rectified voltage corresponding to an alternating current (AC) voltage, and a transistor configured to control a current flowing through the inductor, the power supply circuit generating an output voltage from the AC voltage, the switching control circuit being configured to switch the t...