ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,351, issued on March 31, was assigned to ASTOTEC AUTOMOTIVE GMBH (Hirtenberg, Austria).
"Pyrotechnic circuit breaker" was invented by Peter Poeltl (Hirtenberg, Austria), Ludwig Marker (Grillenberg, Austria), Peter Kreuz (Moosbrunn, Austria), Kurt Aigner (Vienna) and Sami Rassy (Baden, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pyrotechnic current breaker (1) for severing a conductor (3) by means of a severing piston (2) has a housing, which comprises a housing upper part (8) and a housing lower part (10). The conductor (3) extends through the housing between the housing upper part (8) and the housing lower part (10), and the severing ...