ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,895, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Arc path formation unit and direct current relay including same" was invented by Jung Woo Yoo (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Han Mi Ru Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an arc path forming part and a direct current relay including the same. An arc path forming part according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a plurality of magnet parts. Each magnet part is located on one side and the other side of the arc path forming part, respectively, to form a magnetic field inside an arc chamber. The arc...