ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,637, issued on July 1, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).

"Lighted visual trip indicator module for circuit breakers" was invented by Benjamin W. Edwards (Andover, Mass.), Ezequiel Salas Zamarripa (Andover, Mass.), Tannan Whidden Winter (Andover, Mass.), Jodi Marie Palmer (Andover, Mass.) and Gerardo Torres Guzman (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual trip indicator for a circuit breaker is disclosed. The electronic components of a visual trip indicator are enclosed in a module that attaches to the circuit breaker handle or within pocket defined in the circuit breaker housing. The visual trip indic...