ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,142, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Breaker device" was invented by Masato Nakamura (Hyogo, Japan), Shun Ito (Hyogo, Japan) and Shinya Kimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This breaker device includes: a casing; an igniter configured to generate gas; a pusher located inside the casing and positioned below the igniter; a conductor including a separating portion positioned below the pusher; and an elastic member disposed to be positioned between the casing and the pusher to press the outer side surface of the pusher. In the state where the pusher is...