US Patent Issued to ROHM on Aug. 4 for "Universal serial bus port controller and electronic apparatus for preventing inrush current during power delivery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,749, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Universal serial bus port controller and electronic apparatus for preventing inrush current during power delivery" was invented by Kazuomi Nagai (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a universal serial bus Type-C port controller mountable in a sink compatible with universal serial bus power delivery, the sink mounted with the universal serial bus port controller including a receptacle including a power supply terminal, a capacitor, a limiting resistance connected between the power supply terminal and the capacitor, and a bypass circuit tha...