US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on April 29 for "Arc chute energy bypass in circuit breakers" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,655, issued on April 29, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Arc chute energy bypass in circuit breakers" was invented by James G. Maloney (Industry, Pa.), Rachel A. Dunn (Canonsburg, Pa.) and Mike Cantor (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc bypass assembly for use in a circuit breaker includes: an arc chute including a base, two arc sides extending from the base, and a plurality of arc plates arranged within the two arc sides, the arc chute structured to dissipate an arc upon opening of primary contacts of the circuit breaker during a high current event; an arc horn extending outwardly f...