ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,110, issued on May 6, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power source system" was invented by Seiya Miyata (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masayoshi Hirota (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Takafumi Kawakami (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power source system includes a plurality of output circuits electrically connected to a plurality of second coils on a second side of a transformer unit, and a selection circuit to which power is supplied from the plurality of output circuits. Each of the plurality of o...