ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,645, issued on March 31, was assigned to Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Denver).

"Switched-in voltage doubler utilizing parallel/series rectifier output" was invented by Brendan Barry (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatuses for a power supply, the power supply configured for monitoring a voltage at an output end of the power supply; controlling, based on the voltage exceeding a first threshold, a first switch to connect a plurality of secondary windings of the power supply in series; and controlling, based on the voltage exceeding a second threshold, at least one ot...