ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,315, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schurter AG (Lucerne, Switzerland).
"Current-limiting fuse" was invented by Benjamin Schibli (Olten, Switzerland) and Guido Signer (Neuenkirch, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Current-limiting fuse comprising an electrically insulating housing with walls surrounding an interior space, with a first opening and with a second opening opposite to said first opening, and an integrally formed electrical conductor element extending from a first terminal area outside said housing, across said first opening, across said interior space, across said second opening and to a second terminal are...