US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on April 14 for "Medium voltage or high voltage circuit breaker" (Czech, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,239, issued on April 14, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Medium voltage or high voltage circuit breaker" was invented by Radek Javora (Hrusovany u Brna, Czech Republic) and Dietmar Gentsch (Ratingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker includes first and second terminals, first and second vacuum interrupters, an interconnection part, an actuator, an operating rod, and a lever system. The first terminal is connected to a fixed contact of the first vacuum interrupter. The second terminal is electrically connected to a fixed contact of the second vacuum interrupter. The interconnection part is...