US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Sept. 9 for "Detection circuit and power supply control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,222, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Detection circuit and power supply control device" was invented by Kota Oda (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Masaya Ina (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a second detection circuit, a current output device outputs, to a circuit resistor, a current corresponding to a circuit voltage between an input terminal of a second FET to which a current is input and ground of a second drive circuit that switches the second FET ON or OFF. The seco...