US Patent Issued to GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 23 for "Actuating mechanism for operating a circuit breaker" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,400, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Actuating mechanism for operating a circuit breaker" was invented by Peter Von Allmen (Oberentfelden, Switzerland), Marius Gacond (Oberentfelden, Switzerland) and Martin Walt (Oberentfelden, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating mechanism for a circuit breaker includes a first piston movable in a first cylinder, against the force of a first compressible member, by admitting hydraulic fluid, and a second piston movable in a second cylinder, against the force of a second compressible member, by admitting hydraulic f...