US Patent Issued to HITACHI ENERGY on Oct. 14 for "Interrupter device for surge arrester" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,921, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HITACHI ENERGY LTD (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Interrupter device for surge arrester" was invented by Jeffrey Joseph Kester (Bemus Point, N.Y.) and Remo Mugwyler (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interrupter device provides overload protection. The device includes a first terminal that is configured to establish an electrical connection to a first terminal of a high voltage surge arrester, a second terminal that is configured to establish an electrical connection to an electrical power grid line side conductor, and a chargeless disconnection trigger that causes an interruption in an ele...