ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,692, issued on May 27, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Arc path forming unit and direct current relay comprising same" was invented by Jungwoo Yoo (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc path forming unit and a direct current relay are disclosed. An arc path forming unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a magnet frame extending in a longitudinal direction; and a plurality of main magnet units disposed in the width direction of the magnet frame. The surfaces, which face each other, of the main magnet units have the same polarity. Therefore, magnetic f...