ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,725, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Helion Energy Inc. (Everett, Wash.).
"High-speed switching apparatus for electromagnetic coils" was invented by Andrew Hine (Seattle), David Kirtley (Seattle), Christopher James Pihl (Woodinville, Wash.), James Melvin Pihl (Port Ludlow, Wash.), Jim True (Renton, Wash.) and George Votroubek (Monroe, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection circuit senses when one supply circuit in a group is activating to deliver current to a circuit component and issues firing signals to simultaneously activate other supply circuits in the group. The supply circuits may deliver large currents and hig...