ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,062, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Rueil Malmaison, France).
"Monitored switch gear device" was invented by Philippe Brun (Bernin, France), Vladislav Kraynov (Grenoble, France) and Farid Allab (Montbonnot, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitored switch gear device that includes a switch gear, a plurality of magnets, a magnetic field sensor and a processing circuitry. The switch gear includes an opening/closing mechanism adapted to selectively open and close an electrical circuit. The opening/closing mechanism includes a pivotally mounted shaft configured to rotate about a pivot axis a...