ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,615, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI INC. (Nagano, Japan).
"Vehicle power supply device and door latch device" was invented by Yusuke Takada (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle power supply device includes a backup power supply to which power is supplied from a battery mounted in the vehicle, a boost unit that boosts a voltage of the backup power supply to a predetermined boost voltage, a motor drive unit that is connected to the battery and the boost unit and is capable of driving the electric motor by being supplied with power from one of the battery and the boost unit, a first switching ...