ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,094, issued on May 27, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Protective device for an electronic component connected to an interface" was invented by Juergen Mack (Goeppingen, Germany), Mickael Segret (Stuttgart, Germany) and Christoph Klee (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a protective device for an electronic component connected to an electrical interface, comprising: a detection device for detecting electrical voltage and/or electrical current at the electronic component; a monitoring device; an electronic switch connected in series with the electronic component for dis...