ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,692, issued on June 16, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Power control system" was invented by Sai Kumar Vudugula (Bangalore, India), Rajendra Prasad Chittimalla (Bangalore, India), Bret Worden (Erie, Pa.), Sarit Ratadiya (Bangalore, India), Glenn Lovercheck (Erie, Pa.), Rajeev Verma (Bangalore, India), Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Ashburn, Va.) and Emil Nikolov (Erie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control system may include a snubber assembly conductively coupled with power sources and loads between the power sources and loads. A clipper assembly is conductively coupled with the power sources...