US Patent Issued to SOUTHERN STATES on Feb. 17 for "Electric power disconnect switch with integrated bypass switch" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,723, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SOUTHERN STATES LLC (Hampton, Ga.).

"Electric power disconnect switch with integrated bypass switch" was invented by Lawrence B Beagen (Fayetteville, Ga.) and Joseph Andreyo (Fayetteville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnect switch including a main disconnect switch integrated with a bypass switch. The purpose of he bypass switch is to provide a parallel path for temporarily closing the disconnect switch so that the main disconnect switch can be tested (i.e., opened and closed) without interrupting the power flow through disconnect switch. The bypass switch is integrated with the ma...