US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry on Nov. 11 for "DC solid-state circuit breaker with fail-safe redundancy via double power electronics and overvoltage protection" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,661, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"DC solid-state circuit breaker with fail-safe redundancy via double power electronics and overvoltage protection" 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 fail-safe redundancy. The DC solid-state circuit breaker comprises an air gap disposed in series to first and second power electronics switching modules. The DC solid-state circuit breaker further comprises a sensing and control circuit configured to realize designed functions. The DC solid-state circuit breaker furth...