ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,932, issued on April 8, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Power supply system with wire harness for interconnecting individual power supply modules" was invented by James E. Widen Jr. (Lisbon, Wis.) and Brian P. Brown (Mayville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system includes modular power supply modules interconnected via a wire harness. The power supply system can be installed in one or more electrical cabinets in a manufacturing facility, for example, among other possible applications. The wire harness includes a fault bus and a synchronization bus, and the individu...