ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,148, issued on June 23, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"Bi-stable assembly for a switchable electrical apparatus" was invented by Puneet Lanjekar (Nasik, India) and Matthew Froemming (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-stable assembly for a switch assembly includes: a cam configured to have two stable positions: a first stable position, and a second stable position; a flexible member that includes: a first holding portion; a second holding portion; and a middle portion between the first holding portion and the second holding portion; and an operating interface configured to rotate the cam relative t...