ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,006, issued on March 25, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Multi-controlled contactor control" was invented by Jordan K. Vanevenhoven (Rockford, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactor system includes a contactor actuator that causes an input bus bar to be electrically connected to an output bus bar and an actuator control element that controls operation of the contactor actuator. The actuator controller includes an input and an output. The system also includes a connection that includes two inputs configured to receive signals from two or more controllers and provide one control signal to the inp...