ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,435, issued on June 24, was assigned to LEDVANCE GMBH (Garching Bei Munchen, Germany).

"Driver for driving an LED light engine of an LED tube" was invented by Xusheng Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Xia Song (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver for driving an LED light engine of an LED tube is provided. The driver includes (I) a first driver unit including an input stage for connecting to a power supply, an output stage for connecting to the LED light engine, and a power converter stage for converting input power from AC mains or a CCG (electromagnetic control gear) into an output power for driving the LED light engine...