ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,944, issued on April 1, was assigned to IK Innovations LLC (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).
"Device and method for controlling connection of power supply units to power grid" was invented by Yaron Israel (Herzliya, Israel) and Gilad Bartov (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply assembly is disclosed comprising a power supply unit adapted to provide power to a user's device in accordance with power requirements of the user's device, a power connection control unit and an AC controllable switch, configured to connect and disconnect AC power source from the power supply unit in response to respective control provide...