US Patent Issued to Rail Power Systems on April 29 for "Switching device and voltage limiting device having a switching device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,658, issued on April 29, was assigned to Rail Power Systems GmbH (Munich).

"Switching device and voltage limiting device having a switching device" was invented by Julian Beuchelt (Eppstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device includes first and second fixed switching contacts and a movable switching contact. The first and second fixed switching contacts are connected to first and second device terminals and are arranged next to one another in such a way that their contact surfaces point in the same direction. The movable switching contact can be moved between a closed position and an open position. The first and...