ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,014, issued on Nov. 3.
"Vacuum high voltage live tank circuit breaker free of fluid" was invented by Joao Jose Pinheiro Pinto (Sweetwater, Texas) and Eduardo Roberto Montich (Sweetwater, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker apparatus has a vacuum interrupter having a fixed contact and a movable contact therein, a first actuator cooperative with the movable contact so as to move the movable contact away from the fixed contact, a support insulator supporting the vacuum interrupter and adapted to insulate the vacuum interrupter from ground, a rod having one end connected to the first actuator and positioned exterior of ...