ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,393, issued on June 30, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Circuits and apparatus for delivering a constant-current pulse with stability compensation into low impedance pyrotechnic loads" was invented by Gregory H. Smith (Placentia, Calif.) and Kenneth A. Seidner (Fountain Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuits and apparatus for delivering a constant-current pulse with stability compensation into low impedance pyrotechnic loads are disclosed. One apparatus includes a power switch circuit including a high side connectable to an external device and for outputting current to the external device, a current ...