US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on July 8 for "Fuse element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,822, issued on July 8, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fuse element" was invented by Misato Ueki (Mie, Japan) and Yutaka Takata (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is aimed to provide a fuse element capable of interrupting an electrical circuit while suppressing the formation of carbide when an abnormal current is generated. A fuse element 10 is provided with an insulating base material 3 and a conductor layer 1 provided on a surface of the base material 3. The conductor layer 1 is physically ruptured...