ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,376, issued on June 24, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Modular uninterruptible power supply apparatus and uninterruptible power supply system" was invented by Ryogo Imanishi (Chuo-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first current detector detects an output current of a modular uninterruptible power supply apparatus. Each of a plurality of power conversion modules includes a resistive element and a second switch. The second switch connects the first current detector and the resistive element in parallel in an ON state. Each of first control circuits turns on the second switch when setting a corresponding power c...