US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 20 for "Service plug, in-vehicle power supply device, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,334, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Service plug, in-vehicle power supply device, and vehicle" was invented by Haruyuki Onoda (Kitashitara-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A service plug that is attachable to and detachable from a power feed circuit unit is provided with first conductive members and second conductive members, and when the service plug is attached to the power feed circuit unit, the second conductive members become electrically connected to second connection terminals provided in the power feed circuit unit and supply power to an auxiliary load after the first conducti...