ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,234, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to POLYTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CORP. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Over-current protection device" was invented by Chia-Yuan Lee (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Hsiu-Che Yen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Yung-Hsien Chang (Douliu City, Taiwan), Cheng-Yu Tung (Tainan City, Taiwan), Chen-Nan Liu (Pitou Township, Taiwan), Chingting Chiu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Yao-Te Chang (Linnei Township, Taiwan) and Fu-Hua Chu (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An over-current protection device includes an electrode layer and a heat-sensitive layer. The heat-sensitive layer contacts a top metal layer and a bottom metal layer o...