US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on May 13 for "System for synchronizing switching" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,755, issued on May 13, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"System for synchronizing switching" was invented by Nicola Andrisani (Cumiana, Italy), Fabiano C. F. Contarin (Turin, Italy), Austin R. Zurface (Dowing, Mich.) and Emanuele Raimondi (Collegno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system for synchronizing switching comprises a first body coupled to a pressurized fluid supply and a control fluid supply, and a second body comprising a spool valve that is configured to be contained within a spool valve housing and movable between an open position and a closed position, a biasing element th...