ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,180, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power distribution system" was invented by Takahiro Ohori (Osaka, Japan), Kazunori Kidera (Osaka, Japan), Tatsuo Koga (Osaka, Japan), Kazuya Ohshima (Osaka, Japan) and Keita Kanamori (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power distribution system includes: a power distribution network that includes one or more connections to which a load is connectable; and a plurality of power supplies capable of supplying power to the power distribution network. Power is supplied to the power distribution network from at least one...