US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Circuit breaker device with primary winding turns in opposing directions" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,185, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Circuit breaker device with primary winding turns in opposing directions" was invented by Andrew E. Carlson (Franklin, Wis.) and Randall S. Langer (Oak Creek, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to circuit breaker devices having current sense transformers. The current sense transformer includes a core, a secondary winding, and a primary winding coupled to the power input. The secondary winding includes a first wire wrapped around the core a number of secondary winding turns. The primary winding inclu...