ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,471, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"High-frequency power supply device and control method of the same" was invented by Shunji Hata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a high-frequency power supply device, a class E inverter converts a DC power into an AC power by an on/off operation of a first switching element. A second switching element switches whether or not the DC power is input to the class E inverter. A rectifier element allows a current to flow from a ground to the class E inverter when the second switching element is off. A control unit causes the first switching element to peri...