US Patent Issued to SIEMENS INDUSTRY on June 3 for "DC solid state circuit breakers for bidirectional applications" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,952, issued on June 3, was assigned to SIEMENS INDUSTRY INC. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"DC solid state circuit breakers for bidirectional applications" was invented by Guang Yang (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct current (DC) solid state circuit breaker includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a power electronics section comprising at least a first transistor switch, and one or more airgap sections that include at least a second transistor switch and a third transistor switch. The second transistor switch and the third transistor switch arranged in back to back configuration such that i) the second transistor swi...