ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,323, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Circuit breaker device" was invented by Fabian Dobler (Theilenhofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker protects an electrical low-voltage circuit. The circuit breaker has a housing with first and second connections on the mains side and first and second connections on the load side, and an isolating contact unit connected to an electronic interrupting unit. The isolating contact unit can be switched by opening contacts to prevent current flow or by closing contacts for current flow in the low-voltage circuit. The electronic interrupting unit is switc...