US Patent Issued to Siemens Energy Global on July 8 for "Short-circuit switching device including at least one pyrotechnic ignition device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,817, issued on July 8, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Short-circuit switching device including at least one pyrotechnic ignition device" was invented by Frank Schremmer (Furth, Germany) and Andreas Zenkner (Veitsbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A short-circuit switching device, in particular a bypass switch, includes a semiconductor element with at least one p-n junction and at least one pyrotechnic ignition device. The semiconductor element is or at least can be in a blocking state prior to the ignition of the pyrotechnic ignition device on the basis of the involvement of the p-n junction....