ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,579, issued on April 7, was assigned to Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Circuit breaker and power supply system" was invented by Ara Bissal (Nuremberg, Germany), Fugao Zhao (Dongguan, China) and Shuai Wang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker includes a mechanical switch circuit, and the mechanical switch circuit includes a busbar, a power module, and a drive module. The power module includes a movable contact and a stationary contact that is electrically connected to the busbar. When the movable contact is connected to the stationary contact, the mechanical switch circuit i...