US Patent Issued to LS ELECTRIC on April 14 for "Electromagnetic contactor capable of effectively extinguishing arc" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,242, issued on April 14, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Electromagnetic contactor capable of effectively extinguishing arc" was invented by Kyeonghun Jang (Anyang-si, South Korea), Deokyong Yun (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Minseok Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic contactor is disclosed. An electromagnetic contactor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an arc extinguishing unit. The air extinguishing unit is configured to surround a position where a fixed contactor and a movable contactor are in contact with each other. Accordingly,...