US Patent Issued to Rohm on April 7 for "Driving device, switching power supply apparatus, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,849, issued on April 7, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Driving device, switching power supply apparatus, and vehicle" was invented by Takumi Fujimaki (Kyoto, Japan), Yuta Shiroishi (Kyoto, Japan) and Satoru Nate (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving device is configured to drive a switching element. The driving device includes a variation unit configured to vary a current supply capability with respect to a control terminal of the switching element during a period from startup to shutdown of the driving device."

The patent was filed on Sept. 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/887,537.

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