ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,300, issued on May 6, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Switch control circuit, voltage output device, and vehicle" was invented by Hironori Sumitomo (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch control circuit configured to control a first switch having a first terminal to which a first voltage is applied, and a second switch having a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the first switch and a second terminal to which a second voltage lower than the first voltage is applied. The switch control circuit includes: a first sampling/holding circuit configured to sample and hold a switch voltage generated...