ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,822, issued on May 19, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Electric power supply system and control method for electric power supply system" was invented by Toshiyuki Abe (Tokyo) and Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power supply system includes: a positive-electrode-side contactor inserted into a positive power line; a negative-electrode-side contactor inserted into a negative power line; a pre-charge circuit; an electric potential difference detector that detects an electric potential difference between both ends of the positive-electrode-side contactor; and a contactor controller that r...