ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,707, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Switch assembly with drive system and method for driving a switch" was invented by Benjamin Dittmann (Neutraubling, Germany), Eugen Nagel (Regensburg, Germany) and Sebastian Schmid (Sinzing, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch assembly includes a switch; and a drive system for the switch. The drive system includes: a drive shaft connecting the drive system to the switch; a motor configured to drive the drive shaft; and a feedback system, which is configured to determine at least two values for a position of the drive shaft; an...