ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,624, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Power supply system and abnormality determination method for precharge device in power supply system" was invented by Kazuo Kawaguchi (Kasugai, Japan) and Hiroaki Sugimoto (Kitanagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system of the present disclosure includes a power storage device, a power control device that includes a capacitor and is connected to the power storage device, a precharge device that executes precharge of a capacitor of the power control device in response to a system activation request, and a control device that transmits...