ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,510, issued on April 8, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Switch-fuse module" was invented by Terje Thingstad Pettersen (Skien, Norway), Stale Talmo (Skien, Norway), Stanley Lohne (Porsgrunn, Norway) and Elham Attar (Skien, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch-fuse module includes: a security device, a fuse; and a fuse canister having the fuse inside. The security device includes at least one slider linearly movable between open and closed positions; an earthing switch that is galvanically connected to the fuse, and is coupled to the slider such that the open position effects an open state of the earthin...