US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Nov. 25 for "Electrical socket with switch to prevent electrical arc in explosive environments" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,993, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Electrical socket with switch to prevent electrical arc in explosive environments" was invented by Lars Wischgoll (Eberbach, Germany), Michael Ketterer (Soest, Germany) and Toni Christian Ott (Neckargemund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug and socket assembly (100) includes a socket (110) with a receptacle portion (113) configured to receive an electrical plug (105) and an interlock mechanism (130) configured to retain the electrical plug (105) in the receptacle portion (113) when the receptacle portion (113) is rotated about a first axis to ...