US Patent Issued to Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics on July 21 for "Thermally protected metal oxide varistor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,957, issued on July 21, was assigned to Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Thermally protected metal oxide varistor" was invented by Hailang Tang (Dongguan, China), Dongjian Song (Dongguan, China) and Charles Hu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal oxide varistor (MOV) includes an MOV body, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thermal cut-off insulation shell. The MOV body is a crystalline microstructure with zinc oxide mixed with one or more other metal oxides. The first electrode is adjacent one side of the MOV body and is connected to a first radial lead. The second electrode is...