ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,561, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Side break air switch with anti-rolling blade lock" was invented by David Adelbert Rhein (Saint Jacob, Ill.) and Nathan Scot Loucks (Highland, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade assembly for an electrical switch. The blade assembly including a rocker assembly configured to enable rotation of said blade assembly. The rocker assembly including: a first rocker component, said first rocker component having a first rocker pin, and a second rocker component, said second rocker component having a second rocker pin that depresses when said first rocker pin is depr...