ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,121, issued on July 15, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Solid state parallel arc isolating device" was invented by Alex Gomes (Chicago), Robert L. Seagren (Rockford, Ill.) and Joshua C. Swenson (Rockford, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage contact control system includes main contacts on positive and negative feeder lines and a short circuit protection system configured between the positive feeder line and the negative feeder line. The short circuit protection system is configured to be operably connected between the positive and negative feeder lines and configured to selectively provide...