ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,945, issued on April 1, was assigned to TOYO DENSO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Electronic component protection structure and switch device" was invented by Shoji Kishi (Tsurugashima, Japan), Kohei Tajima (Tsurugashima, Japan), Toshihiro Namikawa (Tsurugashima, Japan) and Hideaki Ito (Tsurugashima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component protection structure and a switch device capable of protecting an electronic component from static electricity charged on or within a case member are achieved with a simple configuration. An electronic component protection structure includes a circuit board on which an electronic component is ...