ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,309, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electrical device including switching converter which controls a switching frequency to be outside an audible noise range" was invented by Daewoong Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyeseok Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hosung Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woonhyung Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jungwook Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a first transistor configured to connect an input voltage node to a switching node;...