ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,221, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT Corp. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Multiphase-to-single-phase automatic transfer switch" was invented by Daniel J. Rohr (Wildwood, Mo.) and Kevin M. Kemper (Lake Saint Louis, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the disclosure include an automatic transfer switching system comprising a first input to receive phases of first power from a first source, a second input to receive phases of second power from a second source, a receptacle, a phase-selection interface (PSI) configured to receive the first power and output a first selected phase and receive the second power and ou...