ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,138, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Load control device, load control system, and load control method" was invented by Takashi Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kosuke Tomita (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device includes a device that has a plurality of operation modes depending on applications and is electrically connected to a load. The device includes an operation mode determination circuit. The operation mode determination circuit is configured to: set a tentative operation mode indicating the operation mode before determination; obtain operation mode in...