US Patent Issued to Schneider Electric USA on March 3 for "Circuit breakers" (Iowa, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,546, issued on March 3, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).

"Circuit breakers" was invented by Chad R. Mittelstadt (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Paul A. Reid (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Salaheddine Faik (Marion, Iowa) and Austin Derby (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker can include a housing configured to fit within a slot of a circuit panel and a display configured to display information. The display can include a touch zone configured to allow touch inputs, a variable image zone configured to display trip information, status information, and/or label information, and a fixed image zone configured to...