ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,994, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Siemens Akteingesellschaft (Munich).
"Circuit breaker device and method" was invented by Marvin Tannhauser (Hausen, Germany), Dominic Malane (Eichstatt, Germany) and Fabian Dobler (Theilenhofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker for a low-voltage electric circuit includes a mechanical break contact unit which is connected in series with an electronic interrupting unit. The mechanical break contact unit is switched by breaking contacts to prevent current from flowing or by closing the contacts to allow current to flow in the low-voltage circuit. The electronic interrupting u...