US Patent Issued to MERSEN USA EP on Oct. 21 for "Disconnect device with interlock mechanism" (Massachusetts, Florida, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,300, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MERSEN USA EP CORP. (Boonton, N.J.).

"Disconnect device with interlock mechanism" was invented by Mathew Knapp (Marblehead, Mass.), Tyler Larson (Middleton, Mass.), Brian A. Betts (Hampton, N.H.), Francesco A. Nania (Clinton, Mass.) and Roy Ball (Coral Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fusible disconnect switch includes a switch housing, and a first fuse contact member and a second fuse contact member coupled to the switch housing, each of the first fuse contact member and the second fuse contact member configured to engage and complete an electrical connection through an overcurre...