ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,284, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Switch" was invented by Motohiro Sato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch includes: a plurality of electrode portions each including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode, the movable electrode being capable of moving with respect to the fixed electrode; an operating device including a first movable portion for collectively performing tripping operation for the plurality of electrode portions, the movable electrodes being separated from the fixed electrodes in the tripping operation; a second movable portion integrated with the respective movab...