ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,954, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to XIAMEN HONGFA ELECTRIC POWER CONTROLS Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).

"Relay having a pressure relief valve assembly" was invented by Wenguang Dai (Xiamen, China), Meng Wang (Xiamen, China), Yaosheng Hong (Xiamen, China), Martin Kamper (Xiamen, China) and Songsheng Chen (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay of the present disclosure includes an insulation cover, a first yoke plate, a contact assembly, a driving assembly and a pressure relief valve assembly. The first yoke plate is connected with the insulation cover and encloses a contact chamber with the insulation cover. The first yok...