US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Oct. 21 for "Interlocking mechanism for a switching device" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,301, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Interlocking mechanism for a switching device" was invented by Seth Tyler O'Brien (Ooltewah, Tenn.) and James Windelon Adams (Chatsworth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlocking mechanism for a switching device is provided. The interlocking mechanism includes an interlocking arm having a first end and a second end. The interlocking arm is movable between a first position and a second position. When positioned in the first position, the second end of the interlocking arm forms a releasable contact with switching device blocking operation of the ...