US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Feb. 4 for "High current, compact fusible disconnect switch with dual slider assembly and an actuator bias element" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,918, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"High current, compact fusible disconnect switch with dual slider assembly and an actuator bias element" was invented by You Lu (Xi'an, China), Xuecheng Zhang (Xi'an, China) and Robert S. Douglass (Wildwood, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fusible disconnect switch device is provided. The disconnect switch includes a switch actuator, an actuator bias element, and a slider assembly. The switch actuator is selectively positioned between an opened position and a closed position. The actuator bias element includes a first end acting on the switch actuator a...