MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514086422 A) filed by Schneider Electric Industries Sas, Rueil Malmaison, France, on Sept. 11, 2025, for 'minimum voltage or loss voltage shunt trip device for a circuit breaker, associated assembly and process.'

Inventor(s) include Mabillot Hugo; and Morin Alexandre.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a minimum voltage or loss voltage shunt trip device (1) for a circuit breaker (2). The trip device (1) comprises: - a loading block (7), electrically connected between a first terminal (3) and a second terminal (5), comprising a load (16) set up to activate the circuit breaker (2); - a protection module (9), comprising: * a thyristor for protection against over-voltages (27) and a varistor (29), in series with each other and in parallel with the loading block (7); and * a first capacitor (33), in parallel with the varistor (29); - a fusible element (15) and a first resistive wire (11) in series with each other, connected between the first terminal (3) and the protection module (9); and - a second resistive wire (13), connected between the protection module (9) and the second terminal (5)."

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