ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,995, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).
"Low-voltage protective device" was invented by Kenan Askan (Vienna) and Peter Schasfoort (Oldenzaal, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For a low-voltage protective device, comprising: at least a first outer conductor path with a bypass switch, a first semiconductor circuit arrangement connected in parallel to the mechanical bypass switch, the first semiconductor circuit arrangement comprising at least one power semiconductor, at least a first voltage-dependent resistor is arranged in parallel with the bypass switch and the first semiconductor cir...