US Patent Issued to Merlin Technology on June 2 for "Inground device with advanced transmit power control and associated methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,380, issued on June 2, was assigned to Merlin Technology Inc. (Kent, Wash.).

"Inground device with advanced transmit power control and associated methods" was invented by Albert W. Chau (Woodinville, Wash.) and Jason Pothier (Auburn, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inground housing supports a transmitter for receiving electrical power from a battery. The transmitter transmits at least one signal using at least two different transmit power levels for at least one of locating the transmitter and characterizing an orientation of the transmitter. Based on detecting the battery voltage, the transmitter selects one of the transmit p...