ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,635, issued on July 1, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"High voltage direct current circuit protection system and method" was invented by Robert Stephen Douglass (Wildwood, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage, direct current circuit protection system includes a number n of weakened circuit conductors connected in series to one another and being fabricated in a manner to avoid metal fatigue in response to cyclic current loads. The system also includes a corresponding number n of cutting elements operable to sever the respective weakened circuit conductors, at least one energy storage element acting ...