ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,721, issued on July 28, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Communication system and electronic control device" was invented by Akira Tada (Kariya-city, Japan), Tomohisa Kishigami (Kariya-city, Japan), Tomoya Tokunaga (Kariya-city, Japan), Ryota Kameoka (Kariya-city, Japan) and Taku Inagawa (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system includes a first controller and a second controller connected to each other. The first controller receives electric power from a power source through a switch. The second controller includes a current detection unit, a management frame obtaining unit, a state compa...