ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,448, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Switching control circuit and power supply circuit" was invented by Yukihiro Yaguchi (Matsumoto, 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 to which a voltage in accordance with an alternating current (AC) voltage is applied, and a transistor controlling an inductor current flowing through the inductor, the power supply circuit generating an output voltage from the AC voltage, the switching control circuit being configured to control switching of the transistor, the switching cont...