ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,411, issued on April 14, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Flexible printed circuit board, in particular for connecting electrical and/or electronic components" was invented by Florian Eichkorn (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible printed circuit board, in particular for connecting electrical and/or electronic components, includes a fuse conductor track (10). The fuse conductor track has a conductor width (B1) formed on the flexible printed circuit board (1). The fuse conductor track (10) has a taper (12) in a fuse area (11) of the fuse conductor track (10), at which the fuse conduct...