ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,401, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DEXERIALS Corp. (Shimotsuke, Japan).
"Protection element and electronic device" was invented by Junpei Himiyama (Shimotsuke, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This protection element is provided with a first terminal, as well as a second terminal and a third terminal that are connected to the first terminal. Regarding the electrical resistance of a fuse element connecting the first terminal and the second terminal, at least a portion of a fuse element connecting the first terminal and the third terminal has a higher electrical resistance than the fuse element connecting the first terminal ...