ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,746, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAFRAN POWER USA LLC (Twinsburg, Ohio).
"Circuit breaker trip mechanism assembly" was invented by Christopher Wyatt (Twinsburg, Ohio) and Dean Morgan (Twinsburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker includes a housing, a first trip mechanism, and a second trip mechanism. The first trip mechanism includes a first plunger selectively spring biased to a first plunger extended position from a first plunger retracted position. The second trip mechanism includes a second pin supported on the first plunger and configured to be driven by the first plunger to a second pin extended pos...