US Patent Issued to Panduit on Nov. 11 for "Connectivity verification for an absence of voltage tester system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,958, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).

"Connectivity verification for an absence of voltage tester system" was invented by Walid Balid (Orland Park, Ill.) and Masud Bolouri-Saransar (Orland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A permanently installed absence of voltage tester (AVT) may include a connectivity verification system for verifying the connectivity of system cable leads to the main power lines in electrical equipment. An installed AVT may indicate whether the electrical equipment is in an electrically safe state without first requiring direct access to the equipment. One step in the ...