ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,256, issued on June 30, was assigned to Renesas Electronics America Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Dynamic load support in hybrid power buck-boost (HPBB) battery charger using forced continuous conduction mode (FCCM)" was invented by Shahriar Jalal Nibir (Apex, N.C.), Sungkeun Lim (Apex, N.C.), Yen-Mo Chen (Morrisville, N.C.), Chong Han (Cary, N.C.) and Heonyoung Kim (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include receiving power from a power adapter having a power adapter current limit, providing power from the power adapter to a load having a load current at a first load current level that is less than or equal to the po...