ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,293, issued on June 17, was assigned to Pacific Engineering Corp. (Gifu, Japan).
"Electric circuit cut-off device" was invented by Yusuke Kondo (Gifu, Japan) and Akihiko Shimizu (Gifu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric circuit cut-off device including a housing, a to-be-cut part, a power source, and a moving body that moves between first and second end portions on opposite sides, a fuse including a fusing portion and an arc-extinguishing material, and a pair of electrode parts connected to terminals on both sides of the fuse. The moving body is configured to cut a piece located between base pieces on both sides of the ...