ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,405, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power distribution device" was invented by Hiroshi Kudo (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a power distribution device: a first and second power distribution devices. The first power distribution device includes: a first cutoff unit; and a first control unit that controls the first cutoff unit based on a first cutoff characteristic. The second power distribution device includes: a second cutoff unit; and a second control unit that controls the second cutoff unit based on a second cutoff characteristic. The first cutoff characteristic and the s...