US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on July 15 for "Static transfer switches with intelligent bypass and removable power stages" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,593, issued on July 15, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Static transfer switches with intelligent bypass and removable power stages" was invented by Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Rockville, Va.), Veerakumar Bose (Henrico, Va.) and Christopher Alan Belcastro (Henrico, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method operable by a controller of a static transfer switch (STS) is provided. The STS includes first and second inputs selectively coupled with first and second power sources via first and second circuit breakers, respectively, an output coupled with a load, first and second bypass breakers selectively coupling th...