ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,698, issued on March 24.
"Devices and methods related to MOV having modified edge" was invented by Kelly C. Casey (Corinth, Texas), Oscar Ulloa Esquivel (Heredia, Costa Rica), Gordon L. Bourns (Riverside, Calif.), Fernando Estrada Hernandez (San Jose, Costa Rica) and Che-Yi Su (Zuzemberk, Slovenia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods related to metal oxide varistor (MOV) having modified edge. In some embodiments, a MOV can include a metal oxide layer having first side and second sides, first and second electrodes implemented on the first and second sides of the metal oxide layer, respectively, with each electrode inclu...