ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,859, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ABLIC Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Current limiter circuit and current limiter device" was invented by Tsutomu Tomioka (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current limiter circuit limits a current in a path connecting an input terminal and an output terminal through a switch including a control port, the switch controlling the current to a predetermined value or less. The current limiter circuit includes a gate controller and a negative feedback circuit. The gate controller includes an input port which is connected to a connection point between a first path through which a first signal is tr...