ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,413, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SiliconBrite Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Electronic circuit for overcurrent protection" was invented by Cameron Nathan Jackson (Los Gatos, Calif.), Anthony Gerard Russell (San Jose, Calif.) and Baris Karagozlu (Dublin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic protection system includes an electronic protection IC, mains power lines including a line rail and a neutral rail, a power switch, and a current sense device. A load is coupled with the mains power lines via the power switch and the current sense device. The electronic protection circuit turns off the power switch w...