ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,415, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BORGWARNER ORSENIGO S.R.L. (Orsenigo, Italy).

"Electronic circuit to verify the state of integrity of a diode" was invented by Francesco Bertino (Orsenigo, Italy), Pasquale Forte (Orsenigo, Italy) and Paolo Lisanti (Orsenigo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is disclosed an electronic circuit to verify the state of integrity of a diode. The electronic circuit comprises a voltage comparator and a voltage divider. The electronic circuit is configured to generate a monitoring signal having a first value indicative of a state of correct operation of the diode and having a second value indicati...