ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,172, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Switch overcurrent measuring apparatus" was invented by Atsuki Asano (Kariya, Japan) and Yoshinori Hayashi (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch overcurrent measuring apparatus includes an electrical path with a first end connecting with a high potential terminal of a pair of major terminals of a target-driven switch, a diode arranged in the electrical path to have a cathode facing the high potential terminal, and an overcurrent measuring device which connects with a second end of the electrical path. After a command for the switch is changed to an...