US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry on Nov. 11 for "Device for reversed handle operation of a circuit breaker" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,658, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Device for reversed handle operation of a circuit breaker" was invented by Mario Munoz (Buford, Ga.), Mauricio Rodriguez (Duluth, Ga.) and Lawrence Navarre (Norcross, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for reversed operation of a first handle is provided. The first handle is of a circuit breaker. The device includes a housing that is attachable to the circuit breaker, and a lever that is rotatably attached to the housing. The lever includes a body, and an arm and a second handle each extending away from the body. The lever is movable in a first...