ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,583, issued on June 23, was assigned to HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Xiangtan, China).

"Signal transmission device capable of shortening turn-off time of controlled source in electromagnetic method" was invented by Guohong Fu (Xiangtan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal transmission device for reducing a turn-off time of an electromagnetic controlled source includes a first electronic switch, a twisted pair cable and a second electronic switch. The first electronic switch constitutes a bridge arm, and includes a first bridge arm switch, a second bridge arm switch, a third bridge arm switch and a fourth brid...