ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,982, issued on July 21, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Konosu, Japan).

"Handle lock device of circuit breaker" was invented by Tadahisa Aoki (Konosu-city, Japan), Hiroshi Moriai (Ohtawara-city, Japan) and Hiroto Yamada (Konosu-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker has at least two handle lock screw engagement portions to which a handle lock device is attached formed on a case at positions different from a position of an attachment screw for integrating a case including a plurality of divided bodies. The handle lock device has at least two attaching screws disposed, the attaching...