ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,143, issued on March 17, was assigned to ASTOTEC AUTOMOTIVE GMBH (Hirtenberg, Austria).
"Pyrotechnic circuit interrupter" was invented by Ludwig Marker (Grillenberg, Austria) and Dietmar Haba (Baden, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pyrotechnic current breaker (1) for severing a conductor (9), having a housing (2) which is equipped with a cutting piston (8) and an ignition unit (16) for driving the cutting piston (8). The conductor (9) passes through the housing (2), and when the igniter (18) is triggered, the cutting piston (8) severs a printed circuit board (12) from the conductor (9). According to...