US Patent Issued to DENSO on May 12 for "Malfunction detection method and electronic control device capable of detecting malfunction" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,182, issued on May 12, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Malfunction detection method and electronic control device capable of detecting malfunction" was invented by Tsuyoshi Tashima (Kariya-city, Japan), Daisuke Kobayashi (Kariya-city, Japan), Masaya Taki (Kariya-city, Japan), Ryo Kano (Kariya-city, Japan) and Hisashi Kameya (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A malfunction detection method detects a malfunction in an electronic control device. The electronic control device includes a normal power supply terminal connected to a normal power supply mounted on a vehicle, a starting power supply terminal ...