US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Feb. 17 for "Power supply control device having a switch that varies according to an ambient temperature" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,019, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power supply control device having a switch that varies according to an ambient temperature" was invented by Ryohei Sawada (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kota Oda (Yokkaich, Japan), Koki Sakakibara (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Masaya Ina (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply control device controls power supply from a DC power source to a load, by turning on or off a MOSFET. A current regulation circuit regulates a current flowing thr...