ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,805, issued on Oct. 20, 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 protects an electric low-voltage circuit, and has: a) the function of ascertaining a level of a differential current of the low-voltage circuit, b) a mechanical separating contact unit so that an opening function of contacts is switched to prevent a current flow or a closing function of the contacts is switched for a current flow in the low-voltage circuit, and c) an electronic interruption unit which is connected to the mechanical separating cont...