ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,077, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle power supply system" was invented by Satoru Takemoto (Okazaki, Japan) and Akihiro Ozeki (Chiryu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle power supply system includes: a first power supply; a second power supply; a first switch inserted between the first power supply and a first load belonging to a load group of a first system; a second switch inserted between the second power supply and a second load belonging to a load group of a second system; a third switch inserted between the first power supply and the second power supply; a first switch...