ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,781, issued on June 23, was assigned to SANSHA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power supply system and power supply unit" was invented by Atsushi Makitani (Osaka, Japan) and Taro Uenoyama (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a power supply system in which two or more power supply units are optionally connected and used in any operation mode. The present invention includes a power supply main circuit 30 that converts AC power 21 into DC power; a current detection unit 302 that detects an output current Io; a voltage detection unit 301 that detects an output voltage Vo; a parameter storage unit 34 t...