US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on June 2 for "Device for disconnecting an electrical circuit" (British, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,668, issued on June 2, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Device for disconnecting an electrical circuit" was invented by Asad Mujawar (Mohammadwadi, India) and Roger Burkett (Leicestershire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprising: a contact mechanism (or switch); an actuation knob; and a housing. The contact mechanism (or switch) comprises: an actuating mechanism; a first conductor; a second conductor; and a moveable contact moveable, by the actuating mechanism, between a first, closed, position in which a current conduc-tion path is defined through the first, second and moveable conduct...