ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,198, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Latch assembly and magnetic contactor including same" was invented by Byeongsun Sim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly and a magnetic contactor including same are disclosed. A latch assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a frame; a movable core and a latch unit, which are rotatably coupled to the frame. The movable core is rotatably coupled to a trip coil unit by means of a coupling member. An insertion hole for rotatably supporting the latch unit is formed on the frame. The m...