ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,660, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Power supply system" was invented by Masaaki Yamamoto (Hinocho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermosensitive wire includes a pair of conductive wires each covered with an insulator that softens at a preset temperature, and the pair of conductive wires are configured to come into contact with each other to be short-circuited in response to the insulator softening. A power supply system includes: a second power source configured to supply power to the pair of conductive wires; a short circuit detector configured to detect that the pair of conductive wir...