US Patent Issued to Siemens on Feb. 10 for "Device for switching a handle of an electrical switch, and multi-function drive having a device of this type" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,725, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Device for switching a handle of an electrical switch, and multi-function drive having a device of this type" was invented by Ekkehard Plechinger (Rockersbuhl, Germany) and Alexander Fanderl (Riedenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for switching a handle of an electrical switch has at least a first actuator and a second actuator. When the device is installed on the electrical switch, the first actuator can move the handle in a first direction and the second actuator can move the handle in a second direction opposite the first direction. The first actuat...