US Patent Issued to ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY on Aug. 11 for "Hybrid circuit breaker using a transient commutation current injector circuit" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,451, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Chicago).

"Hybrid circuit breaker using a transient commutation current injector circuit" was invented by Zheng John Shen (Chicago) and Yuanfeng Zhou (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker and method of operation. The circuit breaker includes a first current path including a mechanical switch, such as an ultrafast mechanical switch, and a second current path in parallel connection to the first current path, and including a current injector, such as a transient commutation current injection circuit, in series with bidirectional power electroni...