US Patent Issued to HIOKI E.E. on Dec. 2 for "Short circuit detection device and short circuit detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,293, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HIOKI E.E. Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Short circuit detection device and short circuit detection method" was invented by Kota Nishimura (Nagano, Japan) and Junji Iijima (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A short circuit detection device for detecting a short circuit occurring in a detection target measures an electrostatic capacitance value of the detection target and determines, on the basis of the measured electrostatic capacitance value, a current value of a current to be supplied to the detection target. Furthermore, the short circuit detection device supplies the current having the d...