ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,660, issued on April 29, was assigned to DEXERIALS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).
"Protective element" was invented by Yoshihiro Yoneda (Shimotsuke, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This protective element includes a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion disposed distant from the first electrode portion, a fuse element portion having spring characteristics, and a case that houses at least a portion of the fuse element portion, wherein the fuse element portion includes a first end section that is connected to the first electrode portion, a second end section that is connected to the second electrode portion, and a cutoff sec...