US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on June 17 for "Control and signaling device and adapter for a control and signaling device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,281, issued on June 17, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Control and signaling device and adapter for a control and signaling device" was invented by Oliver Knoerrchen (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control and signaling device includes a cylindrical main body with two open ends, an operating element, which is designed for insertion into one of the open ends of the main body and has a switching part that is movable relative to the main body. The device also has a multipartite insert element, which is designed for insertion into the main body for bridging at least one portion of a switching p...