US Patent Issued to Vertiv on Sept. 23 for "Outlet in-rush current limiter for intelligent power strip" (Nebraska, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,798, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Vertiv Corp. (Westerville, Ohio).

"Outlet in-rush current limiter for intelligent power strip" was invented by Kevin R. Ferguson (Dublin, Ohio), Casey Gilson (Omaha, Neb.), Scott Cooper (Lincoln, Neb.) and Jason Armstrong (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a rack power distribution unit (RPDU) that automatically and safely switches power to one or more receptacles. The RPDU includes one or more processors utilizing control algorithms that manage bistable relays so that in-rush current is minimized upon manual connection/disconnection of power t...