ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,340, issued on June 30, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"DC-to-DC converters and methods for determining outputs of the same" was invented by Robert J. Atmur (Whittier, Calif.) and Michael J. Bianchi (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example DC-to-DC converters are described herein. An example DC-to-DC converter includes an input connected in series with an output. The input is to be connected to a voltage source and the output is to be connected to a load. The DC-to-DC converter also includes a first switch connected in series with the input and the output, a second switch connected in parallel with...