US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry on Jan. 28 for "Heat sink for a solid-state circuit breakerin an electrical panel" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,287, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Heat sink for a solid-state circuit breakerin an electrical panel" was invented by Guang Yang (Johns Creek, Ga.), James Edward Ferree (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Solomon R. R. Titus (Cumming, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) includes an airgap operating mechanism including components and electronics including semiconductors and software algorithms that control the power and can interrupt extreme currents. The SSCB further includes a housing that houses the components of the airgap operating mechanism and the electroni...