ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,347, issued on July 21, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power-supply management device for service modules and service module installed vehicle" was invented by Kei Ikeda (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power-supply management device for service modules applied to a service module installed vehicle includes a vehicle state recognition unit that recognizes a state of a vehicle in which service modules are interchangeably installed, a service module identification unit that identifies a type of the service modules currently installed in the vehicle, and a power-supply management processing unit that is capable of...