US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Oct. 28 for "In-vehicle device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,234, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle device" was invented by Yuta Taninaka (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masaya Ina (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kota Oda (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Ryosuke Masuda (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle device of the present invention includes a fuse and an upstream capacitor having one end connected to a connection node upstream of the fuse in a current path of current that flows through the fuse. One end of a downstream capacitor is c...