ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,239, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Modular ferroresonant LED driver" was invented by Raymond George Janik (Fayetteville, Ga.), Russell Scott Trask (Sharpsburg, Ga.) and Khurram Zeshan Moghal (Senoia, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device, including a first and a second ferroresonant transformer, is provided. Each ferroresonant transformer includes an input winding, an energy storage winding, and an output winding. Each input winding is configured to receive the same AC power. The input windings are arranged on the primary sides of the ferroresonant transformers. The ...