US Patent Issued to G & W Electric on May 5 for "Redundant relay systems and related methods for use with switchgear" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,786, issued on May 5, was assigned to G & W Electric Co. (Bolingbrook, Ill.).

"Redundant relay systems and related methods for use with switchgear" was invented by Robert J. Westphal (Chicago), Blair S. Kerr (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Jason M. Knott (Plainfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for redundant relay systems for use with switchgears. One example system includes a switch module including a switching device therein, a coil circuit operatively coupled to the switch module to control a position of the switching device, a switchgear relay circuit, and a back-up trip circuit. The back-up trip circuit inclu...