US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Aug. 11 for "Switching device and method for operating a switching device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,255, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Switching device and method for operating a switching device" was invented by Kai Schroeder (Bonn, Germany), Lutz Friedrichsen (Langerwehe, Germany) and Gabriel Wiedera (Bonn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device comprises a first and a second fixed contact, a contact bridge, a first and a second movable contact arranged at the contact bridge, at least one contact spring, a contact bridge carrier which is movable and is coupled to the contact bridge via the at least one contact spring and a lever arm connected to the contact bridge or...