US Patent Issued to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES on July 1 for "Systems and methods for detecting welded contacts in a switch system" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,636, issued on July 1, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for detecting welded contacts in a switch system" was invented by David Elmiger (Hitzkirch, Switzerland), David M. Messersmith (Kenosha, Wis.), Kyle B. Adkins (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Andrew E. Carlson (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provide for detecting weld relay devices within a switching device by: closing one or more first relay devices, wherein the one or more first relay devices are configured to selectively connect and disconnect a first phase of electric power from a ...