ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,401, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan), TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and MIRISE Technologies Corp. (Nisshin, Japan).
"Current sensor" was invented by Shotaro Wada (Nisshin, Japan), Yoshikazu Furuta (Nisshin, Japan) and Tomohiro Nezuka (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor includes a current detection unit, a relay, a relay control unit, and a resistance value correction circuit. The current detection unit detects a detection target current based on a terminal voltage of a shunt resistor located in series with a path through which the detection target current flows and a de...