ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,255, issued on April 21, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Breaker unit and air circuit breaker comprising same" was invented by Han Baek Chung (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a circuit breaking unit and an air circuit breaker including the same, and provides a circuit breaking unit, including: a fixed contact; a movable contact moved in a direction toward or away from the fixed contact; a fixed contact terminal having the fixed contact disposed at a lower end thereof and extending upward; a low runner disposed extending upward from the fixed cont...