ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,550, issued on March 3, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).
"Circuit breakers" was invented by Chad R. Mittelstadt (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Austin Derby (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Salaheddine Faik (Marion, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker can include a moveable electrical contact configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, and a lever assembly configured to prevent the progressive closing of the moveable electrical contact to the closed position such that the lever assembly is configured to cause snap action closing of the moveable electrical contact at a charged position o...