ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,442, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Scott Technologies Inc. (Monroe, N.C.).

"Transformer and device configured to provide a current limiting power source and a galvanic barrier" was invented by Darin K. Thompson (Huntersville, N.C.), Matthew M. Shettel (Monroe, N.C.), David Allen Amero (Airdrie, Canada), Ivan Mateo Delamer (Calgary, Canada) and Andrea Dukeshire (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one or more embodiments, a current limiting device is provided. The current limiting device includes a transformer including: a primary winding configured to accept an input current, a core electromagnetically co...