ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,308, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).

"Circuit breaker systems" was invented by Juan Ignacio Melecio Ramirez (North Liberty, Iowa), Skylar Frances Wetzel (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Jeremy D. Schroeder (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker assembly can include a mechanism configured to be actuated by an operator toward a first position. The mechanism can be configured to move between the first position and a second position to change a state of a contactor between a closed state and an open state. The assembly can include a position sensor system configured to sense ...