ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,559, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).
"Arc flash mitigation device" was invented by Xin Zhou (Wexford, Pa.), Brian E. Carlson (Gibsonia, Pa.), Brooke E. Lang (Pittsburgh) and Robert P. Griffin (Bradfordwoods, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes an electro-mechanical switching device having an open-circuit and closed-circuit conditions and a path of least resistance having a path input and a path output with the switching device between the input and the output. The device includes a bypass power switch device that comprises a solid-state circuit interrupter and that is configu...