US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Dec. 16 for "Circuit device and lighting device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,528, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Circuit device and lighting device" was invented by Satoshi Ikeda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit device (10) is a circuit device to be attached to an electrified track (50). The circuit device (10) includes: an attachment mechanism (12) for attaching the circuit device (10) to the electrified track (50); and a power conversion circuit that converts DC power supplied from the electrified track (50). In a state in which the circuit device (10) is attached to the electrified track (50), the power conversio...