US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Aug. 4 for "Electrostatic charge variation based power failure detection" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,115, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Electrostatic charge variation based power failure detection" was invented by Federico Rizzardini (Settimo Milanese, Italy) and Lorenzo Bracco (Chivasso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to devices and methods for performing power failure detection. A power failure is detected using an electrostatic charge variation sensor that measures variation of electrostatic charge in a surrounding environment. Power failure is detected wirelessly and without being directly connected to the power network. Further, the ele...