ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,052, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland).
"Operating mechanism for circuit breakers" was invented by Dhairyshil Ramchandra Desai (Vadodara, India), Vikaskumar Thakur (Surat, India), Deepak Verma (Delhi, India) and Prashant Zatale (Nagpur, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of an operating mechanism of a circuit breaker are described. The operating mechanism includes a housing, a cam element installed on a mechanically driven first shaft, a transmission lever installed on a second shaft parallel to the first shaft, and a support assembly. The transmission lever is provided with a firs...