US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on July 21 for "Power supply control apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,207, issued on July 21, 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 Ryosuke Masuda (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masayuki Kato (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Takeo Uchino (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply control apparatus controls the supplying of power through a wire. A fuse and a semiconductor switch are disposed on a current path of a wire current that flows through the wire. The fuse and the semiconductor switch are attached to a circuit board. A...