ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,813, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PACIFIC ENGINEERING Corp. (Gifu, Japan).

"Electric circuit breaker" was invented by Yusuke Kondo (Gifu, Japan) and Akihiko Shimizu (Gifu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric circuit breaker that includes a housing, a cut portion that is disposed in the housing and constitutes a part of an electric circuit, a first power source that is disposed on a side of a first end portion of the housing, and a moving body that moves in the housing between the first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the electric circuit breaker including a fuse function port...