ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,305, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Power mechanism, switch, power conversion apparatus, and power supply system" was invented by Jisheng Sun (Shanghai), Jianfei Ma (Shanghai), Xiufeng Zhang (Dongguan, China) and Xiaokang Tian (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power mechanism, a switch, a power conversion apparatus, and a power supply system. The switch includes a contact component, a knob, and a power mechanism connected between the contact component and the knob. The power mechanism includes a fastening bracket, a knob connector, a contact connecto...