ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,461, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Portable Electric Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada).
"Circuits for photovoltaic applications" was invented by Glenn Lumanog (Surrey, Canada), Mathew Brant Morrow (North Vancouver, Canada) and Allen Upward (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical transmission safety system for connection of direct current (DC) power from a DC power source to a load comprises: a connection from the power source to the load, the connection comprising a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a first solid state switch electrically connected between the power source and one of the positive terminal...