US Patent Issued to Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics on Nov. 3 for "Isolation enhanced thermally protected metal oxide varistor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,944, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Isolation enhanced thermally protected metal oxide varistor" was invented by 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 (TCO). The MOV body is a crystalline microstructure with zinc oxide mixed with one or more metal oxides. The first electrode is adjacent a first side of the MOV body and is connected to a first radial lead. The second electrode is adjacent a second side of t...