ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,900, issued on May 26, was assigned to PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Ogaki, Japan).

"Electric equipment" was invented by Masaru Kurimoto (Ogaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electric equipment includes: a command input unit to which a switching command is input contactlessly from an outside; and a mode switcher to switch an electric circuit between a normal operation mode and a sleep mode in response to the switching command. The normal operation mode includes the normal operation mode in an unlocked state and the normal operation mode in a locked state in which switching to the sleep mode is prohibited. The switching command i...