ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,066, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to NIDEC Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Control device, pump unit, and refrigerant circulation device" was invented by Masataka Matsuoka (Kyoto, Japan), Makoto Itsuki (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Kota Ozasa (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroyuki Nagano (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technology of starting power supply from an external device to a load device in a shorter period, after detection of connection between the external device and the load device, is provided. A control device includes a first connector attachable to and detachable from an external device, a power supply path to electri...