ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,046, issued on April 29, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Power feeding control device" was invented by Shinnosuke Nakaguchi (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Kota Oda (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a power feeding control device, N-channel first FET and second FET are located in a current path for current flowing from a positive terminal to a negative terminal. The drain of the first FET is located downstream of the source. The drain of the second FET is located upstream of the source. The...