ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,992, issued on June 10, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Circuit breaker device and method" was invented by Fabian Dobler (Theilenhofen, Germany), Christopher Fromme (Furth, Germany), Dominic Malane (Eichstatt, Germany) and Marvin Tannhauser (Hausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for protecting an electrical low-voltage circuit includes ascertaining the level of the voltage of the low-voltage circuit in the form of instantaneous voltage values. A change in the current is ascertained over time such that instantaneous current change values are provided. The instantaneous current change values are compared to inst...