ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,922, issued on April 7, was assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Minden, Germany).

"Circuit for controlling a load" was invented by Torsten Meyer (Pennigsehl, Germany) and Christian Voss (Minden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for controlling a load. The circuit includes a semiconductor power switch having a control input, a first power connection and a second power connection, a comparator circuit having a first input, a second input and an output for outputting an output signal, and a voltage source which is galvanically isolated from the load and is arranged to supply the comparator circuit with power. T...