US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Sept. 16 for "Detecting welded relay contacts using contact close time measurement" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,672, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Detecting welded relay contacts using contact close time measurement" was invented by David Elmiger (Hitzkirch, Switzerland), Kyle B. Adkins (Oak Creek, Wis.), Andrew E. Carlson (Franklin, Wis.) and David M. Messersmith (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a relay system and a controller. The relay system includes a plurality of relays. The controller is configured to transmit a close signal to a first relay and a second relay of the plurality of relays. The close signal is configured to close the firs...