ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,117, issued on July 15, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Relay system" was invented by Tomoya Sato (Tokyo) and Akira Uchida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay system includes a relay device and a controller. The relay device includes a contact and a driving mechanism configured to switch the contact between an open mode and a closed mode. The controller is configured to control the relay device. The controller is configured to, when freezing occurs on the contact, to commence first application of electric current to the driving mechanism to generate a driving force acting in a direction in which the contact is not sw...