US Patent Issued to LS ELECTRIC on Feb. 18 for "Arc path-forming part and direct current relay comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,464, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Arc path-forming part and direct current relay comprising same" was invented by Jung Woo Yoo (Anyang-si, South Korea), Han Mi Ru Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Young Ho Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc path-forming part and a DC relay comprising same are disclosed. The arc path-forming part according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a Halbach array and a magnet part that form a magnetic field in a space formed therein. The magnetic field formed by the Halbach array is stronger in the dir...