ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,835, issued on July 15, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Human interface module mounting device" was invented by Joseph S. Poehlmann (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Bruce W. Weiss (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present technology provide systems and methods for mounting a human interface module (HIM). According to various embodiments, the HIM may be configured to mount alternatively to a panel and a cradle. A panel mounting device is used to mount the HIM to a panel. The panel mounting device can be removably coupled to the HIM for panel mounting. The HIM may be inst...