ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,038, issued on July 28, was assigned to Bourns KK (Suita, Japan).
"Breaker, safety circuit and secondary battery pack" was invented by Masaki Yoshioka (Suita, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The breaker comprises a fixed piece, a movable piece, a thermally-actuated element and a resin case. The fixed piece has an embedded portion embedded in the resin case in a region that overlaps with the thermally-actuated element in a plan view viewed in the thickness direction. The resin case has: an outer peripheral portion formed on the outer perimeter of a recessed portion; a first penetrating portion penetrating the recessed portion to ...