Article: French Inventors Develop On-Board Circuit Breaker

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 2 -- Dominique Meux and Thomas Stemmelen, both of Valence, France, Dominique Girot of Clerieux, France, Thierry Vinard of Chabeuil, Farnce, and Herve Carton of Livron, France, have developed an on-board circuit breaker with reset enable mechanism.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "on-board circuit breaker that includes a push-button that enables the circuit breaker to be reset by depressing it, a power supply terminal and distribution terminal, two breaking contacts, and a main bimetal strip. Thermal deformation of the main bimetal strip trips the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker further includes an actuator able to ...

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