ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,068, issued on April 15, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Pyrotechnic circuit breaker" was invented by Francois Gaudinat (Amblainville, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pyrotechnic circuit breaker comprising a housing, at least two connection terminals, an internal electrical circuit connecting the two connection terminals and formed for example by an electrical conductor, an opening member, movable and arranged to open a part to be opened of the internal electrical circuit when moving between an initial position and a final position, so as to form at least two separate portions of conductor after ope...