ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,074, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"On-vehicle shutoff control device" was invented by Takahiro Kuratomi (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an on-vehicle shutoff control device, a control unit switches a switch unit to an off state in a case where the switch unit is in the on state and a current value changes from less than a threshold value to the threshold value or more. The control unit switches the switch unit to the on state in at least one of a case where ...