ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,892, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SiliconBrite Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Load switching system and circuit" was invented by Cameron Nathan Jackson (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Baris Karagozlu (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load switching circuit includes a supply power availability (SPA) detector, a rail voltage detector, a swell detector, a surge detector, control logic, make and break timers, and a relay driver. The detectors detect various conditions, and generate signals in response to some detected conditions. The control logic is configured to: (1) release a relay within 300 ms after receiving...