US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Sept. 16 for "High voltage discharge units and methods for discharging high voltages" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,189, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"High voltage discharge units and methods for discharging high voltages" was invented by Raul Rivas (Albuquerque, N.M.), Mario J. Cortez (Albuquerque, N.M.), Eric D. Bloomquist (Albuquerque, N.M.), Rodney N. Owenby (Albuquerque, N.M.), Molly Brown (Tijeras, N.M.) and Nathan A. Davey (Sandia Park, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system or method for discharging an energy source is disclosed. The system includes a circuit that provides a controlled discharge path through a relayed shunt-resistor network. A posi...