ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,476, issued on Aug. 11.
"Mini automatic transfer switch" was invented by William Pachoud (Boulder, Colo.) and Steve Chapel (Iliff, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic transfer switch (100) for automatically switching an electrical load between two power sources is provided. Two power cords (106) enter the ATS (A power and B power inputs) and one cord (109) exits the ATS (power out to the load). The ATS has indicators (107) located beneath a clear crenelated plastic lens (108) that also acts as the air inlets. The ATS (100) also has a communication portal (103) and a small push-button (104) used for inputting some local ...