US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on April 7 for "Power supply control apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,391, issued on April 7, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power supply control apparatus" was invented by Ryohei Sawada (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kota Oda (Yokkaichi, Japan), Ken Furuto (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Masayuki Kato (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater drive apparatus functions as a power supply control apparatus, and controls power supply to an electrical heating wire. In the heater drive apparatus, a current output circuit and a detection resistor function as a current detecti...