US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on June 24 for "Motor control center buckets with interlocked cover-mounted power disconnect switch mechanisms" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,485, issued on June 24, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Motor control center buckets with interlocked cover-mounted power disconnect switch mechanisms" was invented by Matthew R. Hussey (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Duncan Scott McBryde (Dunn, N.C.) and Kristy L. Burney (Supply, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an enclosure (e.g., an MCC bucket enclosure) having a cover configured to be opened, a disconnect switch positioned in the enclosure, and a shaft having a first end inserted in the disconnect switch and configured to actuate at least one switch in the disconnect switch by rotation of t...