US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Electric Industries, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, AutoNetworks Technologies on Sept. 30 for "Switching device, switching system, and control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,895, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Switching device, switching system, and control method" was invented by Naoya Koda (Osaka, Japan) and Takahisa Hirota (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device is mounted in a vehicle, and disposed between a connector connected to a DC power source, and a storage battery. The switching device includes: a transmission path connecting the connector and the storage battery; a semiconductor relay disposed on the transmission...