ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,505, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Voltage detection circuit" was invented by Toshinari Tezuka (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage detection circuit includes a first buffer circuit and second buffer circuit that output a voltage corresponding to an input voltage, a voltage detection unit that detects an output voltage from the first buffer circuit and an output voltage from the second buffer circuit, a reference voltage output circuit capable of selectively outputting one of a plurality of reference voltages different in voltage value from each other, and a switch...