US Patent Issued to Schneider Electric Industries on May 20 for "Resetting RCD mechanism by the handle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,193, issued on May 20, was assigned to Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Rueil Malmaison, France).

"Resetting RCD mechanism by the handle" was invented by Claude Burnot (Echirolles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical protection device, including a switching mechanism configured to switch between a set configuration and a tripped configuration, and a slide movable between a set position and a disengaged position. The electrical protection device further includes a resetting hook kinematically linked to a switching lever, and the slide supports a slide hook. When the slide is in the disengaged position, the resetting ...