US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Sept. 1 for "Drive system for a resettable interrupting switch" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,745, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Drive system for a resettable interrupting switch" was invented by Roger L. Schafer (Dacono, Colo.) and Rajatha Bhat (Thornton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for a single-phase switch includes: a first latch device; a trip latch device coupled to the first latch device; and a crank device coupled to the trip latch device and configured to control a switch actuation device to perform an open operation or a close operation in a switch. The trip latch device moves laterally during the open operation and during the close operation."

The...