ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,383, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Littelfuse Inc. (Rosemont, Ill.).
"Corner relief undercut to reduce die damage" was invented by Hermie Dela Torre (Chicago), Librado Galang (Chicago), Jason Costoya (Chicago) and Nathaniel Garcia (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are dies carriers for receiving a plurality of circuit protection devices. In some embodiments, a die carrier may include a die body, and a recess in the die body, wherein the recess is operable to receive a die for a circuit protection device. The recess may include a central area defined by a set of sidewalls, and a plurality of corner areas extending...