US Patent Issued to Smart Power Partners on May 13 for "Control module having a control circuit and adapted to be attached to a power adapter" (Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,948, issued on May 13, was assigned to Smart Power Partners LLC (Wheaton, Ill.).

"Control module having a control circuit and adapted to be attached to a power adapter" was invented by John J. King (Wheaton, Ill.), Stephen DeLano (Milton, Mass.), Bryan R Hotaling (Harvard, Mass.), James R Varney (Bolton, Mass.), Tyler J. Miller (Dickerson, Md.), Tho Nguyen (Ashburn, Va.), Benjamin F Feldman (Reston, Va.) and Thomas E Musman (Woodbridge, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control module adapted to be attached to a power adapter is described. The control module may comprise a plurality of contact elements including a first contact el...