US Patent Issued to ROHM on July 14 for "Switch device, electronic device and vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,378, issued on July 14, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Switch device, electronic device and vehicle" was invented by Naoki Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch device includes: a power supply terminal; an output terminal; a switch element configured to be connected between the above terminals; a signal output terminal configured to output an output current detection signal corresponding to an output current that flows during the on period of the switch element; an overcurrent protection circuit configured to restrict the output current detection signal to an overcurrent restriction value or ...