US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Sept. 9 for "Power supply control device, in-vehicle control device, and power supply control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,795, 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).

"Power supply control device, in-vehicle control device, and power supply control method" was invented by Shota Ushiro (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An individual ECU controls power supply through a wire W. A microcomputer of the individual ECU increases an average value of a wire current value of a current flowing through the wire W in a stepwise manner. The microcomputer determines, every time that the average value of a w...