US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on April 29 for "Power supply control apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,049, 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 supply control apparatus" was invented by Hayaki Murata (Yokkaichi, Japan), Koki Sakakibara (Yokkaichi, Japan), Ryohei Sawada (Yokkaichi, Japan), Shunichi Sawano (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Kota Oda (Yokkaich, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply control apparatus controls power supply from a DC power source to a load by switching on or off a power supply FET. The current adjustment circuit adjusts the current flowing through t...