ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,614, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Shinsuke Fujikawa (Chino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an electro-optical device, a first substrate is provided with a temperature detection element and an electro-static protection circuit that protects the temperature detection element from a surge current. A first resistor element is electrically coupled to the temperature detection element in series. The electro-static protection circuit includes a transistor electrically coupled to the first resistor element and the temperature detection...