ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,645, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PIZZATO ELETTRICA S.R.L. (Marostica, Italy).

"Remote safety release for safety switches and safety switch comprising the release" was invented by Marco Pizzato (Marostica, Italy) and Simone Zonta (Bassano del Grappa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote safety release comprises an actuator (13) adapted to move between a inoperative position wherein it does not interact with the locking mechanism of a switch and at least one operative position wherein it interacts with the locking mechanism, a remote control device (14) adapted to promote the movement of the actuator from the inoperati...