ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,096, issued on July 22, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Robot controller and robot system" was invented by Takema Yamazaki (Fujimi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot controller includes a case having an intake port and an exhaust port and a flow channel connecting the intake port and the exhaust port, in which a gas supplied from the intake port flows toward the exhaust port, a circuit board placed within the flow channel and converting one of an alternating current and a direct current into the other, and a regenerative resistor placed downstream of the circuit board within the flow channel and consuming a cou...