US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Jan. 20 for "Switch device, current determination method and computer program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,426, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Switch device, current determination method and computer program" was invented by Shunichi Sawano (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load is detachably connected to a device connector of a switch device. A resistance value of a switch circuit when a sub-switch is ON is greater than an ON resistance value of a main switch. A microcomputer acquires node voltage information indicating a node voltage of a connection node located do...