ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,415, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Switching system with fuse isolation" was invented by James Windelon Adams (Chatsworth, Ga.) and Brian Scott Bradley (Cleveland, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching system includes: a first switching apparatus; a second switching apparatus; a holding assembly between the first switch apparatus and the second switch apparatus, the holding assembly configured to hold one or more fuse devices; and a linking interface connected to the first switching apparatus and the second switching apparatus, the linking interface having only two stable interf...