ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,020, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to XIAMEN HONGFA ELECTRIC POWER CONTROLS Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).

"Fixing frame and magnetic latching relay" was invented by Wenguang Dai (Xiamen, China), Guojin Liao (Xiamen, China) and Shuming Zhong (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing frame for fixing at least a permanent magnet of a magnetic latching relay includes a body having shaft hole for installing a rotating shaft of a permanent magnet; at least one longitudinal limit part arranged on the body including two vertical limit columns arranged oppositely along a longitudinal direction, two vertical limit columns clamp a yoke...