ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,399, issued on May 27, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Voltage generator" was invented by Noriyuki Matsubara (Tokyo), Fumihito Izawa (Tokyo), Yohei Araki (Tokyo), Yuya Yamashita (Amagasaki, Japan) and Masato Achihara (Amagasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage generator includes: a sealed case having a ground potential; a high-voltage transformer that is housed in the sealed case and boosts a voltage; a booster circuitry that is housed in the sealed case and boosts a voltage outputted from the high-voltage transformer; and a voltage detector that is housed in the sealed case and detects a voltage bo...