ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,768, issued on April 7, was assigned to SYNQUE CONSULTING INC. (White Rock, Canada).

"Series type hybrid circuit breaker with non-resonant current zero-crossing generation" was invented by Zheng John Shen (White Rock, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A series-type hybrid circuit breaker to provide protection against short circuit faults in DC or AC power circuits. A series-type hybrid circuit breaker (SHCB) forces a fault current into a high-frequency AC current with zero crossings and allows a mechanical circuit breaker to disconnect the faulty branch. The SHCB injects a transient counter voltage pulse via a pulse transformer i...