ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,473, issued on March 11, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Direct current relay and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Jungwoo Yoo (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a direct current relay and a manufacturing method therefor. A movable contact part provided in a direct current relay comprises a movable contact and a lower yoke positioned below the movable contact configured to attenuate an electromagnetic repulsive force generated by contact between the movable contact and a fixed contact. The movable contact is provided with a coupling protrusion portion th...