ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,552, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Circuit breaker device and method" was invented by Marvin Tannhauser (Hausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker protects an electric low-voltage circuit. The circuit breaker contains a housing with a grid-side connection and a load-side connection, and a mechanical separating contact unit which is connected to an electronic interruption unit in series. The mechanical separating contact unit can be switched by opening contacts to prevent a current flow or by closing the contacts for a current flow in the low-voltage circuit. Due to switching elements,...