US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on March 24 for "On-board device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,003, 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).

"On-board device" was invented by Kota Oda (Yokkaich, Japan), Ryosuke Masuda (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Masaya Ina (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ECU (on-board device) includes a fuse F1 and a blown fuse detection circuit. The blown fuse detection circuit monitors a fuse voltage between two connection nodes respectively located upstream and downstream of the fuse in a current path of a current flowing from a positive electrod...