ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,930, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Protection circuit and vehicle-mounted device with the same" was invented by Qinggeng Meng (Dalian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a protection circuit of a vehicle-mounted device. Forms of a protection circuit may include a first substrate provided with a first circuit connected to a power line and a potential reference line; a second substrate provided with a second circuit connected to the power line and the potential reference line; a connecting part including a potential reference connecting line for connecting between the potential referen...