ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,475, issued on March 11, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Disconnect device" was invented by Hiroyuki Mihara (Hyogo, Japan) and Hayato Ashida (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnect device includes a cooling device having first and second main surfaces opposite to each other, a first insulator contacting the first main surface, a second insulator contacting the second main surface, a charging relay and a first discharging relay which contact a surface of the first insulator opposite to a surface of the first insulator contacting the first insulator, a protector co...