US Patent Issued to TMEIC on Nov. 18 for "Power supply device comprising a plurality of semiconductor switches and a mechanical switch connected in series" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,631, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Power supply device comprising a plurality of semiconductor switches and a mechanical switch connected in series" was invented by Xiaochen Zhang (Chuo-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of semiconductor switches and a mechanical switch are connected in series between a first terminal and a second terminal. A plurality of voltage detectors are provided corresponding to the plurality of semiconductor switches, respectively, and detect terminal-to-terminal voltages of the corresponding semiconductor switches. A plurality of drivers are provided corr...