ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,309, issued on April 14, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power source control system" was invented by Masato Sasahara (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power source control system includes a first power source, a second power source, a first switch, a second switch, a first voltage detector, a second voltage detector, and a control unit. The first power source supplies power to a first load and a second load. The second power source supplies power to the second load when an abnormality occurs. The control unit detects the presence or absence of an abnormality based on a voltage detected by the first voltage de...