ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,156, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DEXERIALS Corp. (Shimotsuke, Japan).
"Protective element" was invented by Yutaka Wada (Shimotsuke, Japan) and Yoshihiro Yoneda (Shimotsuke, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective element includes a fuse element, a movable member, a concave member, and a press. The fuse member includes, a first end, a second end, and a cut part positioned between the first end and the second end. The fuse element is energized in a first direction from the first end to the second end. The movable member and the concave member are disposed facing each other such that the cut part is interposed therebetw...