US Patent Issued to Juniper Networks on Oct. 21 for "Apparatus, system, and method for protecting power supply units from damage by limiting inrush current" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,877, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Juniper Networks Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for protecting power supply units from damage by limiting inrush current" was invented by Siri Subrahmanyam Vadlamani (Konaseema District, India), Prakash B. Kamanuri (Thane, India) and Jaspal S. Gill (Tracy, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed apparatus may protect power supply units (PSUs) from damage by limiting inrush current. For example, an apparatus may include a PSU and a controller. In one example, the PSU may be configured to convert power from an AC input into a DC output and to provide the DC out...