ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,285, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Switch circuit" was invented by Reina Miyachi (Aichi, Japan) and Naoya Hanada (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch circuit includes a switch element, a control circuit, a supply line, a switch line that connects the switch element in parallel to a parallel part of the supply line, an input line that allows input of a current from the switch line to the control circuit, a first FET and a second FET provided in the parallel part, and a third FET provided in the switch line in parallel to the input line. The second FET includes a body diode h...