ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,465, issued on June 24, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Enable switch device and load drive control apparatus equipped with same" was invented by Yasuyuki Tanaka (Osaka, Japan), Kei Aimi (Osaka, Japan) and Yasuhiro Kinugasa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Enable switch device (100) transitions to position 1 when not operated, to position 2 when mid-operated, and to position 3 when full-operated. Enable switch device (100) includes first switch (SW1) and second switch (SW2) each being a two-position switch, and first signal processor (10). First signal processor (10) de...