ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,133, issued on May 13, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Control circuit for power converter and having startup determining unit" was invented by Akira Tokumasu (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit for a power converter that configures a system that is mounted to a vehicle and includes a rotating electric machine that has multiple phases and includes a rotor that is capable of transmitting power to and from a drive wheel, and the power converter that includes upper- and lower-arm switches that are electrically connected to phase windings of the rotating electric machine. The control circuit dete...