ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,365, issued on March 17, was assigned to Metabowerke GmbH (Nuertingen, Germany).

"Device and method for detecting a voltage drop" was invented by Tobias Beck (Neuffen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for detecting a voltage drop between an anode connection and a cathode connection, comprising: a control capacitor, of which the first electrode is connected to the anode connection and the second electrode is connected to the cathode connection; a measuring device, which is designed to output a discharge signal depending on a potential difference detected between the anode connection and the cat...