US Patent Issued to S&C Electric on March 11 for "Method and apparatus for energy harvesting from a current source" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,470, issued on March 11, was assigned to S&C Electric Co. (Chicago).

"Method and apparatus for energy harvesting from a current source" was invented by Alireza Tajfar (Northbrook, Ill.) and Todd W. Klippel (Oak Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy harvesting circuit for harvesting energy from a medium voltage power line. The energy harvesting circuit includes an input capacitor electrically coupled to the power line and storing power therefrom, and a flyback converter including a primary coil and a secondary coil. The harvesting circuit further includes a switching circuit electrically coupled in series with the prima...