ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,955, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Industrial systems with integrated absence of voltage tester (AVT) and positive load indication (PLI) apparatus" was invented by Roberto Sampaio Marques (Mequon, Wis.), Philip M. Hamilton (Bettendorf, Iowa), Troy Micheal Bellows (East Helena, Mont.), Todd Richard Sauve (Oak Creek, Wis.), Kurt R. Mickler (Waukesha, Wis.) and Robert Stafford Dilgard (Shorewood, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An industrial system includes a load control assembly, an integrated absence of voltage tester (AVT), and an absence of voltage indicator....