ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,303, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Littelfuse Inc. (Rosemont, Ill.).

"CDOT device for wireless charging" was invented by Yuriy Borisovich Matus (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Martin G. Pineda (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery protection device includes a Charge/Discharge Over Temperature (CDOT) device and a wireless charging coil. The CDOT device consists of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance material. The first electrode is located on a substrate and has a first collection of fingers. The second electrode is located on the substrate and has a second collection of fingers. The first ...