ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,348, issued on May 13, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Relay welding diagnosing apparatus" was invented by Takuya Kikuchi (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay welding diagnosing apparatus can lower a risk of erroneous diagnosis while preventing energy of a battery from being discharged uselessly. The relay welding diagnosing apparatus including a positive electrode side relay, a negative electrode side relay, and a capacitor and a load circuit that are connected in parallel between the positive electrode side relay and the negative electrode side relay, which is forced discharge, by connecting...