US Patent Issued to LS ELECTRIC on May 5 for "Circuit breaking unit and air circuit breaker including same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,536, issued on May 5, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Circuit breaking unit and air circuit breaker including same" was invented by Yong Ik Park (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Han Baek Chung (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaking unit includes a fixed contact, a movable contact in contact with or spaced apart from the fixed contact, a fixed contact terminal having the fixed contact disposed at a lower end thereof and extending upward, a movable contact terminal on which the movable contact is disposed and configured such that the movable contact moves in a direction towar...