ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,960, issued on July 21, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Regenerative solenoid drive arrangement" was invented by Rajkumar Sengodan (Namakkal, India) and Thilak Raj Durairaj (Shirley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid drive circuit includes a power source, a first solenoid control circuit connected to the power source, the first solenoid control circuit including a first solenoid coil and a first solenoid control switch that controls a flow current through the first solenoid coil and a first regenerative drive circuit connected to the first solenoid control circuit and that includes ...