ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,418, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FSP TECHNOLOGY INC. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Constant-current discharge device and power supply having the same" was invented by Chao-An Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Chou-Pao Liao (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant-current discharge device includes a discharge voltage detection circuit, a voltage level adjustment circuit, a constant-current drive circuit, and a constant-current circuit. The discharge voltage detection circuit is connected between a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a DC voltage, and receives the DC voltage. The voltage level adjustment c...