US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Detecting welded relay contacts using measurement after current break" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,442, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Detecting welded relay contacts using measurement after current break" was invented by David Elmiger (Hitzkirch, Switzerland), Kyle B. Adkins (Oak Creek, Wis.), Andrew E. Carlson (Franklin, Wis.) and David M. Messersmith (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a relay system and a controller. The relay system includes a relay having a first contact on an input side of the relay, the input side coupled to a power source, and a second contact on a load side of the relay coupled to a load. The controller is conf...