US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry on July 14 for "ARC-resistant switch gear enclosure door latch and sealing mechanisms of a switch gear" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,364, issued on July 14, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"ARC-resistant switch gear enclosure door latch and sealing mechanisms of a switch gear" was invented by Bernhard Schmidt (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc resistant switch gear comprises a switchgear enclosure including a circuit breaker a high voltage door and enclosure door latch and sealing mechanisms. These mechanisms are configured to provide a combination of latching and sealing functionality to seal and latch the switchgear enclosure with the high voltage door via a door latching and sealing system in combination with a latch part...