ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,712, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Control circuit, switched capacitor converter, and vehicle" was invented by Isao Takobe (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a control circuit of a switched capacitor converter, the switched capacitor converter including a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switching elements, the control circuit including a control unit configured to control switching of the plurality of switching elements, and a charging unit configured to charge at least some of the plurality of capacitors such that a potential difference across each of the at least s...