US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry on Dec. 23 for "DC solid-state circuit breaker with a solid-state aided airgap that provides a fail-safe mechanism" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,332, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"DC solid-state circuit breaker with a solid-state aided airgap that provides a fail-safe mechanism" was invented by Guang Yang (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC solid-state circuit breaker is provided with a solid-state aided airgap to ensure successful interruption of current at DC conditions for providing an acceptable fail-safe mechanism in case of main power electronics failure. The DC solid-state circuit breaker comprises a sensing and control circuit configured to realize designed functions. The DC solid-state circuit breaker f...