US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Sept. 9 for "Optimized slot motor for remote secondary contacts in a circuit breaker" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,720, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Optimized slot motor for remote secondary contacts in a circuit breaker" was invented by Rachel A. Dunn (Canonsburg, Pa.), Michael Martin (Mars, Pa.), Vincenzo Piazza (Newmarket, Great Britain), Matthew Boxall (Cambridge, Great Britain), Carl Hayton (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Michael Cantor (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slot motor for use with secondary contacts in a circuit breaker includes a top slot motor component structured to be attached to a moving arm of the secondary contacts; and a U-shaped bottom slot motor com...