ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,946, issued on April 8, was assigned to AUTOLOTO INC. (Traverse City, Mich.).
"Hazardous energy control system" was invented by Kenneth David Nickolson (Derry, N.H.) and Daniel Lawrance Furbush (Herndon, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hazardous energy control system is presented. The system includes a back-end system and a personal electronic device communicatively connected to the back-end system. The personal electronic device provides a user interface for a user to select a set of equipment from the pieces equipment at the worksite for electrical isolation from hazardous energy sources via lockout/tagout (LOTO). The back-end...