ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,952, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MERSEN France SB SAS (Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, France).

"Fuse and associated manufacturing process" was invented by Laurent Milliere (Lyons, France), Franck Sarrus (Saint Laurent de Mure, France) and Jean-Francois De Palma (St Barthelemy d'Anjou, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fuse, including at least one fuse blade, formed in a sheet having two opposite main faces extending along a longitudinal axis of the fuse blade, each fuse blade comprising a portion having a reduced section defining a plane transverse to the fuse blade. The fuse also includes arc guards made of a preformed elastic mater...