ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,708, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"On-load tap changer module" was invented by Nikolaus Unterreiner (Regensburg, Germany), Robert Hiltner (Bernhardswald, Germany), Stefan Feldmeier (Bernhardswald, Germany), Christian Muenzberg (Biburg, Germany) and Markus Meyer (Hemau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-load tap changer module for an on-load tap changer, including a carrier, a diverter switch with a vacuum interrupter and a bridge switch, a selector, a change-over selector, and a drive module, wherein the diverter switch, the selector, and the change-over selecto...