US Patent Issued to MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN on Oct. 28 for "On-load tap changer and method for actuating an on-load tap changer" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,590, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"On-load tap changer and method for actuating an on-load tap changer" was invented by Christian Hammer (Regensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-load tap-changer uninterruptedly switches between winding taps of a tap-changing transformer. The on-load tap-changer has: a diverter switch that switches over from a first to a second fixed contact; and a selector that powerlessly preselects the fixed contacts and has a first and second selector arm that are actuated independently and contact each of the fixed contacts. The diverte...