ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,053, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Vacuum circuit breaker" was invented by Kwanghyeon Ahn (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Hyunwook Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a vacuum circuit breaker which can measure and monitor temperature of a tulip contactor, the vacuum circuit breaker comprising: a conductive pole including a tulip contactor; and a temperature detecting sensor disposed adjacent to the tulip contactor, wherein the temperature detecting sensor comprises: a sensor body; a fixing band coupled to the sensor body and dispose...