US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on July 28 for "Solid-state breaker coordination with downstream electromechanical breakers" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,445, issued on July 28, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Solid-state breaker coordination with downstream electromechanical breakers" was invented by Hany Habib (Glen Allen, Va.), Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Rockville, Va.) and Veerakumar Bose (Henrico, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state circuit breaker includes an input, an output, a solid-state switch, a protection circuit, and a control circuit. The input is configured to connect to a source. The output is configured to couple with at least a first load via a first electromechanical breaker and a second load via a second electromechanical breaker...