US Patent Issued to Siemens on June 9 for "Circuit breaker and method" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,714, issued on June 9, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker for protecting an electric low-voltage circuit includes a housing with grid and load-side terminals, and a mechanical break contact unit series-connected to an electronic interruption unit. The break contact unit pairs with the load-side terminal, and the interruption unit pairs with the grid-side terminal. The current level in the low-voltage circuit, between the grid and load-side phase conductor terminals, is ascertained. Preventing current flow ...