ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,818, issued on July 8, was assigned to DENSO ELECTRONICS Corp. (Anjo, Japan) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Relay control device" was invented by Taisuke Katakami (Anjo, Japan), Yasuhiro Nagai (Anjo, Japan), Tomoaki Tanaka (Anjo, Japan) and Shingo Kurita (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay control device controls an operation of a relay circuit, which is disposed between a battery and an electric load, and the relay circuit is sealed in a case of a battery pack. The relay circuit includes: a first main relay disposed in a first conduction path which is connected to a first terminal of the battery; a second main re...