US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Nov. 4 for "Safety fault interrupter circuit with power fault monitor" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,153, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Safety fault interrupter circuit with power fault monitor" was invented by Robert Mason Hanrahan (Montvale, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a safety fault interrupter circuit. The safety fault interrupter circuit includes a safety fault monitor coupled to a first bias node and configured to selectively assert a fault interrupter signal based at least in part on a first bias voltage and a first power consumption. The safety fault interrupter circuit also includes a power fault monitor for the safety fault monitor, wherein the power fault ...