ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,021, issued on March 31, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Short-circuit determination circuit" was invented by Hiromichi Hanaoka (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A short-circuit determination circuit includes a current detection unit, a voltage detection unit, and a short-circuit determination unit. The current detection unit detects the current flowing in a power circuit. The voltage detection unit detects the voltage applied to the power circuit. The short-circuit determination unit determines a short circuit in the power circuit on the basis of the difference between a detection value of the current detecte...