ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,114, issued on April 8, was assigned to Snap One LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Systems and methods for controlling switching timing" was invented by Robert Don Bruhn Jr. (West Jordan, Utah) and Timothy Paul Spens (Saratoga Springs, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device for controlling switching timing is described. The electronic device includes load voltage measuring circuitry configured to measure a load voltage to produce a load voltage measurement. The electronic device also includes a processor coupled to the load voltage measuring circuitry. The processor is configured to determine whether a load voltage spike is indica...