ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,646, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Smart Electric Works Co. Ltd. (Chang Hua Hsien, Taiwan).

"Overload warning and protection device and method and lighting control system" was invented by Jerry Yang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overload warning and protection device suitable for a lighting control system including a power supply, a lighting device and a switching element is disclosed to include a current detection component and a control component. When the control component detects that the current is greater than the first threshold current and continues to exceed the first preset time, the control compo...