ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,046, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SOCOMEC (Benfeld, France).
"Power shut-off module with dielectric barrier" was invented by Arnaud Marchal (Ebersmunster, France) and Damien Rogosinski (Selestat, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power shut-off module includes an insulating housing, two pairs of fixed contacts and two movable contacts rigidly attached to an item of movable equipment that is movable in translation in the housing between an open position and a closed position. The module includes an insulating shield device having a fixed end rigidly attached to the housing and a movable end rigidly attached to the item of mo...