US Patent Issued to GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 9 for "Insulated earthing switch for an air insulated or mixed switchgear" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,053, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Insulated earthing switch for an air insulated or mixed switchgear" was invented by Lutz Drews (Dransfeld, Germany) and Detlef Braun (Korle, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application concerns an air insulated or mixed air and gas insulated switchgear assembly including a switchgear and an earthing switch. The switchgear includes a switchgear housing. The earthing switch includes a switch housing. The earthing switch includes an insulator flange including a metallic body and a dielectric insulating layer on the metallic ...