ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,986, issued on May 20, was assigned to CYBER POWER SYSTEMS INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Surge protection module" was invented by Ho-Hsien Lin (Taipei, Taiwan), Shu-Yi Liao (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chih-Heng Lin (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surge protection module comprises an upper cover, a lower cover, a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a flame-retardant filler. The lower cover is configured for connecting with the upper cover, and for forming an accommodation space together with the upper cover. At least one through hole is formed at the junction of the lower cover and the upper cover. The PCBA has a plurality o...