ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,116, issued on July 15, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Method for assembling a switching apparatus for medium voltage electric systems" was invented by Jacopo Bruni (Caselle Lurani, Italy), Giorgio Forlani (Romano di Lombardia, Italy), Gianluca Cortinovis (Albino, Italy) and Emanuele Morelli (Azzano San Paolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling a switching apparatus for medium voltage electric systems is provided. The method includes, for each electric pole of the switching apparatus, providing a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes a support structure, a vacuum interrupte...