US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for user access control of electrical switchgear" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,643, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for user access control of electrical switchgear" was invented by Robert Judson Burns (Arden, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user access control system comprises electrical components of electrical switchgear, and locking mechanisms that secure the components from unauthorized access. The user access control system further comprises an identification input unit to receive user input to identify a user; an authentication unit to authenticate the user input based on a security policy, determine an access level, and generate a digita...