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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Yamada, Fukui, JP;
Takeshi Iseki, Fukui, JP;
Toshifumi Suejima, Fukui, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The resistor of the present invention comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes, and a resistor element comprising rectangular sections connected to the pair of electrodes and a S-shaped section disposed between the rectangular sections and is free of trimming portion. At least one of the rectangular sections is trimmed to adjust the resistance. According to the construction of the present invention, a compact resistor of superior surge property can be obtained.