ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,553, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SEMIKRON DANFOSS ELEKTRONIK GMBH & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Half-bridge circuit arrangement and method for actuation" was invented by Johannes Klier (Amberg, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A half-bridge circuit arrangement and a method for actuation, has a first, upper circuit breaker, an actuation device associated therewith and a second, lower circuit breaker, an actuation device. The power input of the upper circuit breaker is connected to a first potential of a DC voltage source, the power output of the lower circuit breaker is connected to a second potential of a DC voltage source,...