US Patent Issued to Doosan Bobcat North America on Sept. 22 for "Systems and methods for breaker operation in power systems" (Czech, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,374, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. (West Fargo, N.D.).

"Systems and methods for breaker operation in power systems" was invented by Brandon Ahrens (Greensboro, N.C.), John Freeman (Charlotte, N.C.), Ctibor Balas (Dobris, Czech Republic) and Jaromir Nusl (Pribram, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for controlling breaker operation of power systems during a close before excitation (CBE) operation. One method includes closing the breaker of a generator prior to alternator voltage excitation, using power sourced from a permanent magnetic generator (PMG) ...