US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on June 30 for "Protection circuit, method for protecting electrical load, and system" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,241, issued on June 30, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Protection circuit, method for protecting electrical load, and system" was invented by Adam R. Krause (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection circuit for use with a power source includes a Zener diode, a first resistor, and a second resistor, which together define its maximum voltage threshold. The power source is configured to provide an input voltage to an electrical load. The protection circuit further includes a shorting device and a current-limiting safety device. When the input voltage is less than the maximum voltage t...