ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,730, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).
"Relay module with combined control and power supply input" was invented by Hans-Peter Hudetz (Hameln, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a relay module including a control input for combined control and power supply of the relay module with alternating voltage. A fixed voltage controller of the relay module generates a fixed voltage after rectification of the alternating voltage or a portion of the alternating voltage. A comparator is operated by the fixed voltage and derives a reference voltage from the f...