ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,150, issued on June 23, was assigned to TECHNOLOGIES MINDCORE INC. (Terrebonne, Canada).

"Electric power interrupter and method thereof" was invented by Renaud Grenier-Poulin (Terrebonne, Canada), Neil McCord (Terrebonne, Canada), Julien Rioux (Terrebonne, Canada), Louis-Philippe Gauvreau (Terrebonne, Canada), Ali Yalpanian (Montreal), Jocelyn Ouellet (Terrebonne, Canada), Patrick Lalonge (Terrebonne, Canada) and Philippe Corriveau (Terrebonne, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel electric power interrupter is provided, the interrupter comprising concentric springs and interlocking hooks for opening and closing the interrupt...