ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,013, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Chint Low Voltage Electrical Technology Co. Ltd. (China).

"Operating mechanism and switching device" was invented by Wei Yao (Shanghai), Denggui Ao (Shanghai), Yongfu Xu (Shanghai), Gaoqiang Shen (Shanghai), Chuncui Wang (Shanghai) and Dajun Cao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating mechanism having a second operating shaft assembly that rotates around its axis to drive a second transmission structure. One end of a second energy storage spring structure drives an energy storage shaft while the other end of the second energy storage spring structure is arranged rotatably. The secon...