MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514095499 A) filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, on Oct. 4, 2025, for 'system and method for detecting discrete open and close states of electrical switching devices.'

Inventor(s) include Vaibhav Deshmukh; Paul R. Rakus; and Niloy Khatua.

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: "An apparatus for use in an electrical switching device including an operating mechanism having an energy storing device, a cam assembly, a pole shaft, and separable contacts. The apparatus includes a holding device; a discharge detector structur...