US Patent Issued to VANAIR MANUFACTURING on Oct. 6 for "Jump starter" (Indiana, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,186, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to VANAIR MANUFACTURING INC. (Michigan City, Ind.).

"Jump starter" was invented by Ralph Kokot (Crown Point, Ind.), Kai Justice (Wheatfield, Ind.), Timothy R. Strong (Farmington, Minn.) and Todd A. Zeigner (Rolling Prairie, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jump starter unit for starting vehicles and other equipment. The jump starter includes DC-to-DC converter and one or more large capacitors (500 Farad or more). The DC-to-DC converter maintains the capacitor's charge when a jump charge is not needed. The DC-to-DC converter and capacitor(s) are integrated into an electrical system that includes...