ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,170, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Power source device and electric power steering device" was invented by Masahiko Fujita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power source device including: a DC power source; an inverter to which power is supplied from the DC power source; a capacitor connected between the DC power source and the inverter in parallel with the inverter; a reverse connection protection circuit connected between the DC power source and the capacitor and configured to block current flowing through a positive electrode-side power source line of the DC power source from the capacitor to the DC ...