ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,715, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Relay device and electric vehicle charging controller comprising same" was invented by Il Jong Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a relay unit in which a switch operates according to a voltage applied to a coil; a first control unit that controls a voltage applied to the coil by turning on and off a first switching element according to a first control signal; a first discharge unit and a second discharge unit that discharge a back electromotive force gen...