US Patent Issued to LS ELECTRIC on Aug. 25 for "Arc extinguishing unit and air circuit breaker comprising same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,996, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Arc extinguishing unit and air circuit breaker comprising same" was invented by Seung Pil Yang (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an arc extinguishing unit and an air circuit breaker comprising the same. An arc extinguishing unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a gassing material that generates molecules that extinguish an arc when heat generated by the arc is applied. Accordingly, the arc can be extinguished quickly. In addition, the arc extinguishing unit includes an outer support p...