ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,912, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Medium voltage switchgear disconnector system" was invented by Michal Skuci (Brno, Czech Republic), Josef Cernohous (Jamne nad Orlici, Czech Republic), Radek Javora (Hrusovany u Brna, Czech Republic) and Tomas Kozel (Brno, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium voltage switchgear busbar disconnector system includes a busbar and a disconnector moveable part; wherein the busbar comprises a contact; wherein in a connected state the disconnector moveable part is configured to be connected to the contact; and wherein in a disconnected state the d...