ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,395, issued on April 15, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Overcurrent protection element and battery system" was invented by Hiroyuki Mihara (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroaki Kita (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overcurrent protection element includes: chip fuse; a printed circuit board configured by mounting chip fuse on a surface thereof; external connection part configured by being coupled to the printed circuit board; and insulating layer configured by being provided on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is provided with conductive parts on a surface of an insulating substrate. Ex...