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Article: Italian, German, Finnish Inventors Develop Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 21, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Alessandro Colombo of Milan, Italy, Carlo Gemme of Pavia, Italy, Christian Reuber of Ratingen, Germany, of Pentti Mahonen of Wasa, Finland, have developed circuit breakers with integrated current and/or voltage sensors.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "circuit breaker, in particular a medium voltage circuit breaker, having a current and/or a voltage measuring device integrated thereon. The integration can be functional and/or physical."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The functionally integrated current and/or voltage measuring device provides primary current and voltage ...