ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,261, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dexerials Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).
"Protective element" was invented by Yoshihiro Yoneda (Shimotsuke, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective element includes: a fuse element which includes a blowout portion between a first end portion and a second end portion, and is energized in a first direction; and a case having a housing portion housing the blowout portion therein. A length in a thickness direction in a cross section perpendicular to the first direction of the blowout portion is less than or equal to a length in a width direction perpendicular to the thickness direction in the ...