ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,509, issued on June 23, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Power supply apparatus" was invented by Keisuke Wakazono (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yuuki Sugisawa (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a control unit, and an anomaly determination unit. The first circuit includes a first resistor portion, and is provided in parallel to the first switching element. The second circuit is provided between a first conduction path and a s...