US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 25 for "Vehicle power supply device and vehicle power supply method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,906, issued on March 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle power supply device and vehicle power supply method" was invented by Satoru Katoh (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When the voltage value of the capacitor included in the PCU is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the vehicle power supply device turns on both the positive switching element and the negative switching element corresponding to one of a plurality of resistors so as to activate the one resistor connected to the initially disabled PCU. In addition, the vehicle power supply device turns on both the positive switc...