ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,540, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Perkins Technical Services Inc. (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Power supply docking station with internal battery power" was invented by Jeffrey Keith Taylor (Huntsville, Ala.), Frank N. Perkins III (Huntsville, Ala.) and Jason Scott Mayfield (Huntsville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply docking station for a Harris AN/PRC-150(C) radio has a housing configured to support and provide DC power to the radio. The housing has an integrated battery compartment for receiving at least two military standard BB-2590 batteries. Each battery can independently power the radio, such that the other ba...