ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,493, issued on April 14, was assigned to Schneider Electric (China) Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Reverse wiring self-protection circuit and solid-state circuit breaker including the same" was invented by Ying Shi (Shanghai), Benjamin Edwards (Morrisville, N.C.), Yang Hu (Shanghai), Haijun Zhao (Shanghai), Zhigang Han (Shanghai) and Bonuo Zheng (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reverse wiring self-protection circuit is disclosed, including an auxiliary power module configured to provide tripping electric energy for tripping the solid-state circuit breaker to a tripping coil of the solid-state circuit breaker before an isolating swit...