ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,013, issued on July 22, was assigned to Therm-O-Disc Inc. (Westerville, Ohio).

"Thermal cut-off device for high power applications" was invented by Changcai Zhao (Zhuhai, China), Lijuan Huang (Fujian, China), Wei Shi (Zhuhai, China), Kangsheng Lin (Zhuhai, China), Guojun Xiao (Zhuhai, China), Rong Guan (Zhuhai, China), Xiang Gong (Zhuhai, China) and Qiang Zhao (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature fuse assembly for a high-power DC circuit is provided. The temperature fuse assembly includes a case extending from a first case end to a second case end and an isolated lead projecting from the second case end. A bush...