ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,632, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).
"TMOV device" was invented by Mingxi Xu (Dongguan, China) and Hiker Cai (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally protected metal oxide varistor includes a body, a first electrode, a thermal fuse, and a glue. The body is made up of a crystalline microstructure including zinc oxide mixed with one or more other metal oxides. The first electrode is located on one side of the body and is connected to a first lead wire. The thermal fuse is connected between the first electrode and the first lead wire. The glue is to be dep...