US Patent Issued to Siemens on June 2 for "Circuit breaker device and method" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,664, issued on June 2, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Circuit breaker device and method" was invented by Marvin Tannhauser (Hausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker protecting an electrical low-voltage circuit includes a mechanical separating contact operable by a mechanical handle switching a contact opening function preventing current flow or a closing function for current flow. An electronic interruption unit connected to the mechanical separating contact unit in series on the circuit side, as a result of semiconductor-based switch elements, is switchable to a high-ohmic state of the switch elements p...