ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,311, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Anti-rebound protection device and circuit breaker comprising the same" was invented by Chao Xu (Beijing), Hua Zhao (Beijing) and Yu Guan (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-rebound protection device and a circuit breaker comprising the same is disclosed. The anti-rebound protection device for the circuit breaker includes an operating mechanism. The operating mechanism of the circuit breaker includes a housing, a main shaft arranged in the housing, and an output lever connected to the main shaft. The anti-rebound protection device include...