US Patent Issued to JST POWER EQUIPMENT on July 15 for "Testing system that determines contact erosion in circuit breaker" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,163, issued on July 15, was assigned to JST POWER EQUIPMENT INC. (Lake Mary, Fla.).

"Testing system that determines contact erosion in circuit breaker" was invented by Patrick R. Fischer-Carne (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.) and Matthew Polk (Lake Mary, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing system includes a truck carrying a circuit breaker, a fixed contact, and an actuator piston connected to a movable contact. A test platform supports the truck in a contact testing position and includes a sensor circuit mounted on the test platform and positioned under the truck and aligned with the circuit breaker when the truck is on the test pl...