US Patent Issued to Airbus (S.A.S.) on July 29 for "Circuit breaker with pre-charging and current limiting functions, method of operating same, power supply circuit and aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,880, issued on July 29, was assigned to Airbus (S.A.S.) (Blagnac, France).

"Circuit breaker with pre-charging and current limiting functions, method of operating same, power supply circuit and aircraft" was invented by Gerhard Steiner (Mindelheim, Germany) and Florian Kapaun (Kirchseeon, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker with pre-charging and current limiting functions, wherein the circuit breaker is configured for being provided in a power line connecting an electrical energy source and an electric network. The circuit breaker includes a short circuit protection unit including a first semiconductor switch, a p...