ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,652, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"On-load tap-changer" was invented by Andreas Sachsenhauser (Mallersdorf, Germany), Nikolaus Unterreiner (Regensburg, Germany) and Christian Muenzberg (Biburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-load tap-changer includes: a main path with a first connection; and an auxiliary path with a second connection. One module is configured be connected to each of the first and second connections."

The patent was filed on Dec. 2, 2021, under Application No. 18/254,605.

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