US Patent Issued to STEWART & STEVENSON on Sept. 23 for "Software controlled interlocking pilot pin connector system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,801, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to STEWART & STEVENSON LLC (Houston).

"Software controlled interlocking pilot pin connector system" was invented by Paul Smith (Houston), Eric Evezic (Houston) and Adam Lambertus (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system includes a power supply, a common bus, and two or more receptacles coupled to the common bus. In addition, the power system includes two or more connectors, each connector coupled to a receptacle of the two or more receptacles. The power system further includes a protective breaker coupled to the common bus between the power supply and the receptacles, the protectiv...