ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,009, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power supply device" was invented by Osamu Ohashi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microcomputer and a detection circuit in a low power consumption mode is restarted easily and stably. A power supply device includes a battery module (10) including battery cells (1), a battery connection circuit (2) configured to detect battery information of the battery module (10) and configured to be switched to a low power consumption mode, an activation circuit (3) configured to switch the battery connection circuit (2) from the low power consumption ...