ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,167, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Arc elimination device" was invented by Kwanghyeon Ahn (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Hyunwook Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc elimination device is disclosed. The arc elimination device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, may comprise: a housing; an arc extinguishing part which is positioned inside the housing and provided with a high-voltage electrode and a ground electrode therein; an operating rod movable to electrify or non-electrify the high-voltage electrode and the ground electrode inside the...