US Patent Issued to Siemens on May 26 for "Circuit breaker" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,317, issued on May 26, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Circuit breaker" was invented by Marvin Tannhauser (Hausen, Germany), Fabian Dobler (Theilenhofen, Germany) and Felix Frei (Marienberg Ot Zoblitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker for protecting electric low-voltage circuits includes a housing with grid-side connections and a load-side connection. A mechanical isolating contact unit is series-connected to an electronic interruption unit. The isolating contact unit pairs with the load-side connection, and the electronic interruption unit pairs with the grid-side connections. The current level in the lo...