ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,828, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Load driving device, electronic apparatus and vehicle" was invented by Tetsuo Yamato (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a load driving device. The load driving device includes a load, a resistor configured to be connected in parallel to the load, and a switch device. The switch device includes an output terminal, a ground terminal, a first switch element and an abnormality detection circuit. The output terminal is configured to connect the load and the resistor. The ground terminal is configured to connect to a ground pote...