US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Oct. 14 for "Glass rods fuse assembly and methods of manufacture" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,564, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Glass rods fuse assembly and methods of manufacture" was invented by Robert S. Douglass (Wildwood, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide medium or high voltage fuses that employ spiral wound elements supported by rods, which may replace the usages of a ceramic core. In particular, the use of rods to wind and fix spiral fuse elements provides increased reliability by minimizing the fuse elements from drifting within the fuse assembly."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/188,245.

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