ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,015, issued on Nov. 3.
"Temperature-dependent switching mechanism and temperature-dependent switch" was invented by Marcel P. Hofsaess (Steintahleben, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature-dependent switching mechanism for a temperature-dependent switch having a temperature-dependent bimetal disc; a temperature-independent spring disc; an electrically conductive contacting part on which the bimetal disc and the spring disc are captively held; and a retaining ring which has a main body that is made of an electrically conductive material and surrounds a peripheral edge of the spring disc and, as a result, captively holds ...