ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,285, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Breaker device" was invented by Shun Ito (Hyogo, Japan), Shinya Kimoto (Osaka, Japan), Katsuya Uruma (Osaka, Japan) and Masato Nakamura (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This breaker device includes a resin member, an igniter, and a conductor. The resin member includes an internal space. The igniter introduces gas into the internal space. The conductor is plate-shaped and located below the igniter. The conductor includes: a first holding portion embedded in the resin member; a second holding portion embedded in the ...