US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER on March 11 for "Power contactor comprising a pyrotechnic actuator" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,471, issued on March 11, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER (Blagnac, France).

"Power contactor comprising a pyrotechnic actuator" was invented by Guillaume Prieur (Blagnac, France), Cecil Beltan (Blagnac, France) and Kevin Enouf (Blagnac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power contactor including: a fixed part; a movable part able to come into contact with the fixed part and to move between an open position and a closed position of the contactor, the movable part including at least one power contact; an auxiliary contact and a pyrotechnic actuator, the auxiliary contact and the pyrotechnic actuator being placed in par...