ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,661, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to G & W ELECTRIC COMPANY (Bolingbrook, Ill.).
"Status indicator for switchgear" was invented by James K. Simonelli (Orlando, Fla.), Sean G. Murphy (Villa Park, Ill.), Arturas Dauksas (Oak Lawn, Ill.) and Blair S. Kerr (Downers Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switchgear assembly includes an indicator assembly to indicate whether a movable contact is in an open or a closed position. The indicator assembly includes an indicator body having first and second sections. The indicator body is rotatable to display the first section in the open position and the second section in the closed pos...