ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,284, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Power supply system" was invented by Masahide Okada (Nagoya, Japan) and Hirotaka Sato (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a power supply system mounted on a vehicle, a connection unit allows a user to connect a load (external load). The power supply unit supplies power to the load via the connection unit. The current detection unit (first current detection unit) detects a current flowing from the power supply unit to the load. The notification unit notifies the user of the attention information when the detected current is equal to or larger than t...