US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on March 31 for "Switch device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,695, issued on March 31, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Switch device" was invented by Keisuke Wakazono (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yuuki Sugisawa (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a semiconductor switch, a resistance value between a current input terminal to which a current is input and a current output terminal from which a current is output decreases as a voltage of a control terminal based on a potential of the current output terminal increases. A booster circuit is disposed on a...