ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,883, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Switzerland GmbH (Aarau, Switzerland).
"System and method of detecting a welded contact" was invented by Rahel Von Arx (Aarau, Switzerland), David Urech (Aarau, Switzerland), Pascal Stoll (Aarau, Switzerland) and Markus Gloor (Aarau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An industrial switching device prevents a false indication of an open electrical circuit when contacts within the switching device are welded shut. Under normal operation, an actuator is selectively moved between a first position and a second position to reciprocally move a plunger to open and close the...