ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,157, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CONQUER ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Surface mount fuse and fuse element thereof" was invented by Hung-Chih Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Po-Shuo Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface mount fuse and fuse element thereof are disclosed. The fuse element has a lead-free flat fuse, a flux layer, and a porous metal layer. The porous metal layer is bonded on one surface of the lead-free flat fuse through the flux layer. A part of the flux layer penetrates into the porous metal layer through capillary action, so the flux fills the pores of the first porous me...