ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,701, issued on June 10, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Pyrotechnic circuit breaker assembly for an aircraft, and an aircraft comprising such an assembly" was invented by David Rousset (Toulouse, France) and Jean-Marc Lacoste (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical circuit breaker assembly, and a method for its operation, including a conductive element of an electrical circuit and a cut-off device configured to be activated by a pyrotechnic element and that is configured to sever the conductive element in a cut-off zone delimited by a downstream point. The electrical circuit breaker a...