US Patent Issued to OMRON on Aug. 4 for "Power outlet with a movable contact and releasable holding mechanism" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,703, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Power outlet with a movable contact and releasable holding mechanism" was invented by Kazuhiro Ikemoto (Kyoto, Japan), Kyoya Ichiraku (Kyoto, Japan), Yuta Motomura (Kyoto, Japan), Koichi Furusawa (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Yamamoto (Kyoto, Japan) and Minoru Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power outlet includes a case, a contact device, an operation member, a moving mechanism, a return spring, and a holding mechanism. The contact device includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and a movable piece. The moving mechanism moves the movable piece in r...