US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on March 24 for "Cutoff control apparatus having a first cutoff unit and a second cutoff unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,008, issued on March 24, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cutoff control apparatus having a first cutoff unit and a second cutoff unit" was invented by Junji Tsuchiya (Osaka, Japan), Takafumi Kawakami (Osaka, Japan) and Seiji Takahashi (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutoff control apparatus controls a cutoff unit in a vehicle-mounted system which includes: a power storage unit; a power line between the power storage unit and a load; and the cutoff unit that switches between a cu...