ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,487, issued on April 8, was assigned to Automatic Switch Co. (Florham Park, N.J.).
"Switch assembly for valve actuator" was invented by Roy B. Bogert (Lincoln, N.J.), Emmanuel D. Arceo (Bloomfield, N.J.), Christopher Ganci (Rockaway, N.J.), Ivan Nicholl (Rockaway, N.J.) and Kevin Toth (Bridgewater, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch assembly for a valve actuator can include a bracket, a rotatable switch rotatably coupled to the bracket at an adjustable angle, a fixed switch fixedly mounted to the bracket, an arm rotatably coupled to the bracket, and an adjustable switch trigger coupled to the arm. The rotatable switch can b...