ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,714, issued on Sept. 9.
"Temperature-dependent switching mechanism and temperature-dependent switch" was invented by Marcel P. Hofsaess (Steintahleben, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature-dependent switching mechanism for a temperature-dependent switch, having a temperature-dependent bimetal snap-action disc, a temperature independent snap-action spring disc, an electrically conductive contact member to which the bimetal snap-action disc and the snap-action spring disc are captively held, so that the bimetal snap-action disc, the snap-action spring disc and the contact member form a switching mechanism unit captivel...