US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Sept. 2 for "Dual output uninterruptible power supply" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,181, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Dual output uninterruptible power supply" was invented by Banha Sok (Kirkland, Wash.), Rameez K. Kazi (Bellevue, Wash.), Shaun L. Harris (Redmond, Wash.) and John J. Siegler (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a rectifier configured to receive alternating current (AC) power. The UPS further includes a first output connected to the rectifier through an inverter. The first output is configured to output an AC power supply. The UPS also includes a second output connected to the rectifier...