ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,957, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Adapter, electric vehicle, and wire with power delivery function" was invented by Ting-Yun Lu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Cheng-Yi Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter with power delivery function includes a power transmission module, a first input connector, and an output connector. The power transmission module includes a bidirectional DC charging and discharging circuit, a bypass circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the bidirectional DC charging and discharging circuit and the bypass circuit. The firs...