ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,019, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DC Systems B.V. (Aalsmeer, Netherlands).
"DC circuit protection device for enhanced selectivity" was invented by Henricus David Stokman (Aalsmeer, Netherlands) and Panagiotis Kolios (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a DC solid state protection device that includes a capacitor configured such that in the event of a short-circuit condition, the capacitor provides all the short-circuit current required for the solid state protection device to detect a current indicative of a short-circuit condition and to cause a solid state switch to be open...