US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on June 2 for "Medium voltage or high voltage circuit breaker" (German, Czech, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,671, issued on June 2, 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), Dietmar Gentsch (Ratingen, Germany), Carlo Boffelli (Dalmine, Italy) and Viktor Wormsbecher (Heiligenhaus, Germany).

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