ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,792, issued on May 13, was assigned to SigmaSense LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Determining the effects of different electrical characteristics of a drive-sense circuit on a load" was invented by Patrick Troy Gray (Cedar Park, Texas), Michael Shawn Gray (Elgin, Texas), Daniel Keith Van Ostrand (Leander, Texas), Richard Stuart Seger Jr. (Belton, Texas) and Timothy W. Markison (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive-sense circuit module includes at least one regulated source circuit coupled to a load, and to a loop correction circuit. The regulated source circuit generates a drive signal, which has a regulated characteristic and a ...