ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,061, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Pacific Engineering Corp. (Gifu, Japan).
"Fuse" was invented by Kengo Watanabe (Gifu, Japan) and Yutaka Tsuchiya (Gifu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuse with an improved arc elimination performance is provided while an increase in the total length of the fuse element is prevented. A fuse 500 includes a fuse element 100 including at least one fusing portion 120 between terminal portions 110 on both sides. The fuse element 100 includes curved portions 130, which are hollowed, at positions adjacent to the fusing portion 120. An arc-eliminating material 140 is fastened in hollowed portions...