ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,435, issued on April 1, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Power source selection systems" was invented by Shobha Ramanjani (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power source selection system can include a primary source line configured to be connected to a primary source having a primary voltage, a backup source line configured to connect to a backup source having a backup voltage, and a voltage divider and limiter connected to the primary source line to receive the primary voltage and to provide an sense signal on a sense line. The system can include a NAND gate connected to the voltage divid...